Measure Roof Area

Find the length and width of the building s exterior walls.

Measure roof area. Climb to the top of your roof. Use a pitch. For instance a 7 12 roof pitch means that the roof rises 7 inches for every 12 horizontal inches. So if you divide your answer of a product of length times height by two you will get the area of a triangle.

The highest point of a roof. Run the distance from the outside edge of a perimeter stud wall to the center of the house. Measuring your roof from the ground 1. X ceiling width 12 meters.

Outside of the u s a degree angle is typically used. Y 6 meters from ceiling to ceiling where the roof sides meet. Calculate the pitch of the roof. 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.

Stretch your tape measure along the walls from end to end. Measure the width and length of each side of the roof. First use your measuring tape to measure 12 inches on your large level and make a mark at the 12 inch line. Roof pitch is measured by rise run rise the distance from the top of a stud wall to the peak of the roof.

To calculate the area of your roof first you ll need to calculate the pitch of it. L 30 feet h 12 feet 30 12 2 180 square feet. Front of the roof 12 x 6 72 square meters m. The run always remains.

The pitch is the steepness of the roof. To calculate the roof area if you have a seat roof. To find the pitch of your roof you ll first. 1 roof square 100 square feet.