Roof pitch or slope is a measure of vertical rise to horizontal run expressed in inches per foot.
Roof 520sq ft.
Just to give you an idea of what to expect in a typical situation metal roofing costs may range from 4 50 to 14 00 per sq.
Installed with the low end of this pricing range being appropriate for most corrugated and ribbed metal roofs with exposed fasteners while the higher cost is typically associated with metal shingles stone coated steel tiles and standing seam metal roofs.
Also have a couple of bundles spare on hand to cover wind damage etc.
Roofing contractors estimate projects and materials by the square so it is crucial to find this measurement to accurately estimate the amount of material needed.
A roof with a 6 rise for every 12 run has a 6 per foot or 6 in 12 pitch.
Compute the area of the whole roof and determine the number of bundles.
To find the squares divide the overall roof area by 100 and then round up.
When calculating roofing costs per square asphalt shingles run from 350 and 500 per square metal or tin roofs costs 600 to 1 200 per square and concrete or clay costs between 1 200 and 1 800 per.
This is a difference of 35 25 or 0 98 per square foot.
8 inches and you have an 8 in 12 pitch.
Roofing cost per square foot.
Roof pitch is the measurement of a roof s vertical rise divided by its horizontal run.
If this distance measures 4 inches you have a 4 in 12 pitch.
Pitch is thus the ratio of the rise in inches to a 12 inch run and is often expressed using a semicolon for example 6 12.
A square simply refers to a 10 x 10 square of roofing.
Bottom line you will need to pay 1 more per square foot for your roof if you live in new england or on the west coast.
This is simply 100 square feet of roof.
Pitch measurement method 2.
Now the same roof on the west coast will be 3 76 per sq ft.
It is often compared to slope but is not exactly the same.
However shingles are packaged in a way that they are light enough for the average person to carry around.
According to the united states census the average roof is 17 squares or about 1 700 square feet.
Part of it goes toward more expensive materials and part goes to the contractor doing the work.
100 sq ft 21 shingles per bundle.
A square of shingles is the number of shingles needed to cover 100 sq feet of roof area.
There are also 29 standard sized shingles.
33 square feet per bundle 100 square feet per square 4 nails per shingle.
The best part of a roofing calculator is that it offers a free insight into the total cost of the replacement roof project on a sq ft basis.
Sometimes pitch is also expressed in.
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.
As a rule of thumb there are 3 bundles to a square assuming that you are using three tab strip shingles.
3 bundles per square.
