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The document contains information about roofing calculators that can estimate roof area and materials needed. It includes a roof area calculator and roofing material calculator. The document also provides information on typical roof pitch measurements, and how pitch affects roof area calculations and material needs.

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Roofing Calculator

The document contains information about roofing calculators that can estimate roof area and materials needed. It includes a roof area calculator and roofing material calculator. The document also provides information on typical roof pitch measurements, and how pitch affects roof area calculations and material needs.

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Roofing Calculator
The following tools estimate the area of a roof, as well as the amount of
materials necessary to construct a roof of a given area. The "House Base
Area" is the area of land that the house covers, and for more complex
shapes, can be estimated using the Area Calculator.
Modify values and click Calculate to use

Roofing Area Calculator


Roof Pitch Roof Angle

House Base Area


200 square meters

Roof Pitch
6/12

Eaves Stick Out


0.5 meters

Price (optional)
per square meter

Calculate Clear

Roofing Material Calculator

Roof Area
200 square meters

Calculate Clear
The calculated area is only an estimation. In cases where a roof has a
complex shape, such as in the image to the right, measuring the dimensions
and areas of each part of the roof to calculate total area will result in a more
accurate measurement of area. The calculator cannot account for complex
shapes based on a measurement of square footage alone. The Area
Calculator can be used to calculate the area of a variety of simple shapes
that together can comprise the area of the roof. Using the aggregate area of
these simple shapes can yield a more accurate roof area to be used with the
Roofing Material Calculator.
The most common roofing materials used in the United States include
shingles, membrane roofing, and ceramic tile, all of which have different life
spans. Shingle roofs typically have a life span of 15-30 years, while
membrane roofs usually last 5-15 years. Although ceramic tile roofs are
expensive, they can have a life span of over 100 years.

Roof Pitch

Roof pitch is the measurement of a roof's vertical rise divided by its


horizontal run. It is often compared to slope, but is not exactly the same. 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. For instance, a 7/12 roof pitch means
that the roof rises 7 inches for every 12 horizontal inches. Outside of the
U.S., a degree angle is typically used.
Roof pitch is a determining factor for cost of the roof, as well as the roof
area, and the type of materials used. It affects walkability as well as
drainage, and roofs in areas of high rain or snowfall tend to have steeper
pitches.
Roof pitch affects the actual area of the roof. Depending whether the roof
area is measured horizontally (possibly from a drawing or photograph), a
correction factor is necessary to determine the actual area of the roof. Given
pitch and a horizontal area measurement, multiply the horizontal area by a
correction factor corresponding to pitch, provided in the table below, to
determine the actual area of the roof to be used in the Roofing Material
Calculator. While it is possible to estimate the amount of necessary
materials using only the total roof area measurement, as can be seen from
the table, depending how large the pitch of the roof, the actual area of the
roof can differ by up to 2.236 from the measured total area at a pitch of
24/12. As such, while it can be cumbersome, measuring the area and pitch
of each part of the roof and multiplying by the corresponding correction
factor will result in the most accurate estimate of necessary roofing
materials.
Typical Slope Correction Factors:
Pitch Angle Multiply By   Pitch Angle Multiply By
1/12 4.8° 1.003 2/12 9.5° 1.014
3/12 14.0° 1.031 4/12 18.4° 1.054
5/12 22.6° 1.083 6/12 26.6° 1.118
7/12 30.3° 1.158 8/12 33.7° 1.202
9/12 36.9° 1.250 10/12 39.8° 1.302
11/12 42.5° 1.357 12/12 45.0° 1.414
 
13/12 47.3° 1.474 14/12 49.4° 1.537
15/12 51.3° 1.601 16/12 53.1° 1.667
17/12 54.8° 1.734 18/12 56.3° 1.803
19/12 57.7° 1.873 20/12 59.0° 1.944
21/12 60.3° 2.016 22/12 61.4° 2.088
23/12 62.4° 2.162 24/12 63.4° 2.236
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