Measure Roof Area

Next place your ladder against your house at the gable end.

Measure roof area.

L 30 feet h 12 feet 30 12 2 180 square feet. For instance a 7 12 roof pitch means that the roof rises 7 inches for every 12 horizontal inches. The run always remains. Run the distance from the outside edge of a perimeter stud wall to the center of the house.

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. Roof pitch is measured by rise run rise the distance from the top of a stud wall to the peak of the roof. Climb to the top of your roof. Stretch your tape measure along the walls from end to end.

1 roof square 100 square feet. Calculate the pitch of the roof. Front of the roof 12 x 6 72 square meters m. To find the pitch of your roof you ll first.

Measuring your roof from the ground 1. Measure the width and length of each side of the roof. The highest point of a roof. First use your measuring tape to measure 12 inches on your large level and make a mark at the 12 inch line.

Outside of the u s a degree angle is typically used. Y 6 meters from ceiling to ceiling where the roof sides meet. The length l times the height h of a triangle is twice its area a2. Back of the roof 12 x 6 72 square meters m.

So if you divide your answer of a product of length times height by two you will get the area of a triangle. The pitch is the steepness of the roof. X ceiling width 12 meters. To calculate the roof area if you have a seat roof.