For example a 4 12 pitch roof that is 100 square feet.
Roofing square footage multiplier.
Steep roofs measure your house at ground level then add in the roof s overhang for greater accuracy.
Determine how many square feet of roof area a building has by measuring blueprints or plans.
Multiply 20 and 40 which equals 800.
In the united states a run of 12 inches 1 foot is used and pitch is measured as the rise of the roof over 12 inches.
Multiply step 1 and step 2 i e.
First multiply the length by the width.
Multiply the area by the pitch multiplier to get the roof s square footage.
The average roof is 3 000 square feet or around 30 squares.
Then take the product of these two dimensions and multiply it by your pitch multiplier.
It is often compared to slope but is not exactly the same.
So continuing our example if you ve got a two story house with a total square footage of 2 700 square feet with each floor having.
Multiply by the square footage of a single floor of your house.
Determine how many square feet of roof area a building has by measuring from the ground.
100 1 054 105 4ft 2.
This roof pitch chart will give you your multiplier.
Next multiply the footprint of the roof by the multiplier below for your roof pitch to find the overall roof area.
A roof pitch multiplier also called a roof pitch factor is a number that is multiplied by.
Roof surfaces are measured in squares a square is an area of roof which measures 100 square feet.
Find the value of 7 12 from the roof slope multiplier table which is 1 16.
800 multiplied by 1 16.
If your roof is flat or has no more than a 3 in 12 pitch you can calculate its total square footage by simply multiplying the length by the width.
For the total square footage of the roof.
Roofing material is estimated by the square which is equal to 100 square feet.
If you know the pitch of a roof you can use the numbers in the following pitch table to do the following.
To determine the number of squares on the gable roof above simply divide its total of 24 000 square feet by 100.
The number you get will be an accurate estimate of how much area you have to cover for your roofing project.
Plane 1 plane 2 24 000 sq.