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.
How many sq roof on 1600 sq ft.
As a rule of thumb there are 3 bundles to a square assuming that you are using three tab strip shingles.
For instance a 7 12 roof pitch means that the roof rises 7 inches for every 12 horizontal inches.
Your roof is without a doubt one of the most important elements of your home.
This is simply 100 square feet of roof.
Get the square footage of roof and divide it by 100 and it will give the number of squares you need and for every decimal number over 3 buy a bundle to achieve the amount of material.
Depending on how much roof edge and peak add a couple bundles for starter strip and the cap.
As an example if your overhang is 12 inches you ll add 2 feet to the overall length and 2 feet to the overall width of the house.
Because each 100 square feet of roof is one roofing square divide the total area from step 1 by 100.
Select how steep the roof is.
However shingles are packaged in a way that they are light enough for the average person to carry around.
Outside of the u s a degree angle is typically used.
Convert the area to roofing squares.
10 feet by 10 feet 100 square feet.
Roof pitches in degrees.
Using an international foot of exactly 0 3048 meters length.
1 ft x 1 ft.
1 roofing square 9 290304 m 3.
Square footage ft 2 square yards yd 2 square meters m 2 acres acre we also have price or cost input which completely optional but allows you to calculate the cost of materials such as plywood aluminium paint and labor cost most contractors use price per square foot when calculating their labor cost.
3 bundles to a square and 100 sq.
In a square so 3 times 16 equals 48.
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.
1square of roofing covers 100 square feet of roof a bundle is 1 3 of a square.
Enter the approximate value for how many square feet the house has in the first number box.
This nominal square footage amount is then multiplied by a factor associated with the roof s pitch.
It is often compared to slope but is not exactly the same.
100 square feet 1 roofing square 9 290304 cubic meters si unit.
A 4 12 pitch is relatively easy to walk an 8 12 is very difficult to walk and a 12 12 is impossible to walk.
A square simply refers to a 10 x 10 square of roofing.