How To Measure A Roof For Metal

Roughly draw out your roof on a piece of paper.

How to measure a roof for metal.

The length l times the height h of a triangle is twice its area a2. You will need to go up on top. Measure each side of the main section of the roof. 1 roof square 100 square feet.

Make sure to document the number of chimneys skylights or other obstructions and include dormers in your measurements. Use our roof pitch calculator to find the pitch of your roof. Measure the length and width in feet then multiply together to find the square footage. Remember it doesn t have to be to scale or look pretty.

Measure the length of your roof. Need a little help getting the measurements needed for your metal roofing package. See determining roof pitch step 3. How to figure how much metal roofing you need step 1.

Now either fax that to 480 768 1514 or put it in pdf format and e mail it to. Step 1. Measuring for a metal roof begins with getting a ladder. First measure the length and width of each surface on the roof then multiply these values to get the square footage of that surface.

If the pitch of the roof is not that steep you won t have to worry too much about following. Extend your tape measure along the outer edges of the roof to find its length and width in feet. Panels are often measured in inches use our inches to feet conversion calculator to convert to feet. We plan to enable the use of fractions at a later time.

For instance a 38 panel will have an effective coverage width of 36. We need to know the roof pitch or the slope of the roof. Just download our helpful how to guide on measuring your metal roof. You should do this with someone that can hold one end of the tape measure so you can go to the other ends.

This is done by measuring from one outside edge of your roof to the opposite. For square or rectangular roofs you ll only need to record the length and width. For example standing seam metal roofing is 24 inches wide. Finally enter the coverage area width of the panels you plan to buy.

Make your next roof your last. To use this panel length calculator enter whole numbers and decimals only. L 30 feet h 12 feet 30 12 2 180 square feet. Next find the square footage of the metal roofing panels you want to use.

Determine the width of the metal you are installing.