Roof measurement

[outlaw]

What(and remember I'm a window cleaner) is the formula for estimatin square footage on a roof, taking into account pitch, hips , valley's dormers ect. The simplest answer wins my undying gratitude...if it works.
Gav

 

[Ron Strickland]

Roof measurements

Gav,
A good rule of thumb is to take the total square footage of the house and add 1/3 to allow for the pitch.
Example-- 2,000 sf x .333= 666 sf. 2,000 sf + 666 sf.=2,666 sf.
There will be an article in CLEANER TIMES mag. in May, which I participated in, that explains all about roof cleaning.

Happy Cleaning,
Ron

 

[outlaw]

Thanks Ron,
Gav

 

[Ron Musgraves]

Ron, where have you been? Good to see yah. happy easter.

 

[Tom Zahlman]

Am getting ready to put a new roof on my house this spring. Have a regular one story A- frame ranch style house. To figure out the amount of shingle and paper could I do this?

Measure from peak down to gutter (width) from end to end (length) multiply those and then double the total.
(length X width X 2) Dont know what the pitch of my roof is.

Thanks

 

[Ace]

Tom,
Pitch is rise in relation to length usually per 12 ft. Example: a 4/12 pitch is 4 ft. of rise per 12 ft. Not sure if you were asking for this or if you just weren't sure what pitch you would be using as in you are building a house.
Glenn