The calculator above can handle much of this math.
Multiplier for 3 12 roof.
Use our roof pitch calculator to find the pitch of your roof.
It affects walkability as well as drainage and roofs in areas of high rain.
Roof pitch is a determining factor for cost of the roof as well as the roof area and the type of materials used.
Get your roof size by using this roof pitch calculator.
If the home measures 20 x 40 and has a 7 12 roof then to calculate the slope of the roof follow these steps.
Outside of the u s a degree angle is typically used.
Since pitch is the rise over a 12 inch run divide the run by 12 to get the multiplier in this case 120 12 10.
Take the area of the roof s footprint say it s 5 000 square feet and multiply 5 000 by 1 118.
Divide the rise by the run the run is 12.
The value arrived at 928 reflects the square feet of the roof.
Multiply step 1 and step 2 i e.
48 10 4 8.
Find the value of 7 12 from the roof slope multiplier table which is 1 16.
That gives you 5 590 square feet which is the actual area of the surface of the roof.
For example if you measure 4 inches the pitch of your roof is 4 12.
Multiply 20 and 40 which equals 800.
A roof pitch multiplier also called a roof pitch factor is a number that is multiplied by the area covered by a sloped roof to produce the area of the actual surface of the roof for roof slopes expressed as x in 12 rise in run the roof pitch multiplier is determined by finding the square root of rise run 1.
Image 1 12 to 12 12 roof pitch 7 12 pitch.
For example a 4 12 pitch roof that is 100 square feet.
Also the multiplier is so close to one that it does not really change the total size unless your roof is something like a 100 100.
The pitch of this roof is 4 8 12.
100 1 054 105 4ft 2.
The pitch of the roof is the rise over a 12 inch run.
Roof pitch degree table.
If this isn t practical then perform the same measurement on the underside of the roof.
This will give you the rise over run or pitch.
For instance a 7 12 roof pitch means that the roof rises 7 inches for every 12 horizontal inches.
We excluded roof multipliers for pitch below 3 and above 12 for the following reasons.
Simply locate a roof rafter board place the end of the level against the bottom edge and measure from the 12 inch mark vertically to the bottom edge of the rafter.
With pitch under 3 you can easily walk on the roof to get the exact measurements as that is usually a flat roof.
Next multiply the footprint of the roof by the multiplier below for your roof pitch to find the overall roof area.
Now divide the rise by the multiplier to get the pitch eg.
800 multiplied by 1 16.
Roof pitch area multipliers.