How To Measure The Area Of Your Roof

Measuring your roof from the ground 1.

How to measure the area of your roof. The highest point of a roof. The answer to this is the total number of squares on your roof for which you need to purchase shingles. That measurement is the number of inches the roof rises in 12 inches. Use a pitch.

That gives you 5 590 square feet which is the actual area of the surface of the roof. Take the area of the roof s footprint say it s 5 000 square feet and multiply 5 000 by 1 118. Stretch your tape measure along the walls from end to end. Next measure vertically from the 12 inch mark on the level straight up to the underside of the rafter as illustrated below.

And that s the number you were looking for. Divide the area you calculated in step 4 by 100. Therefore mark off 12 inches on the level and place it down horizontally against the roof rafter. First use your measuring tape to measure 12 inches on your large level and make a mark at the 12 inch line.

X ceiling width 12 meters. To calculate the roof area if you have a seat roof. And for a roof with a slope of 6 12 that number 1 118 is your roof slope multiplier. Y 6 meters from ceiling to ceiling where the roof sides meet.

Measure the width and length of each side of the roof. 8 inches and you have an 8 in 12 pitch. The pitch is the steepness of the roof. Climb to the top of your roof.

To find the pitch of your roof you ll first. Pitch measurement method 1. After you ve done this you can click along the outer edge of the roof that you wish to calculate the area for. To calculate the area of your roof first you ll need to calculate the pitch of it.

Front of the roof 12 x 6 72 square meters m. L 30 feet h 12 feet 30 12 2 180 square feet. If this distance measures 4 inches you have a 4 in 12 pitch. 1 roof square 100 square feet.

Calculate the pitch of the roof. Each time you add points the area will update and there is a box below that will convert this into acres meters kilometers miles and finally square feet. On a ladder beside the roof place the level a foot or so up the roof hold it level and measure from the 12 inch mark on the level s bottom straight down to the roof. Back of the roof 12 x 6 72 square meters m.

In the construction industry roofs are measured in squares one square equals 100 square feet. It will also give you the perimeter of the shape of the roof. Find the length and width of the building s exterior walls. Next place your ladder against your house at the gable end.