Height Of Roof Feet

Carpenters measure roof pitch as inches of rise per 12 inches of run.

Height of roof feet.

You will need to express this size in terms of square feet. For example if the roof rises 4 feet and the span is 16 feet twice the run then the pitch is 4 16 or 1 4. The first step in a free roofing estimate is measuring the roof dimensions. Keep in mind that the average size of a roof is 1 700 square feet so your total will likely be 10 higher or lower than this figure.

If your goal is to only calculate the roof height do not enter any numbers in wall height field and only use building width and roof pitch fields. For example if the peak is 4 feet and the total roof with is 20 feet the total rise is 4 feet or 48 inches. As a reminder please don t forget to add height of rafter thickness of roofing material and ridge vent to the number that you ll get using our calculator. The total run is the distance from the peak to the edge of the roof which in this case is the total width divided in half which is equal to 10 feet or 120 inches.

This measurement is best done on a bare roof because curled up roofing shingles will impair your measurement. A 1 in 12 roof pitch roof rises 1 inch for every 12 inches of run. Common rafter elevation if you are calculating rafter length from the center of the ridge beam as shown below you will need to subtract half of the thickness of the ridge beam from the top end of the rafter.