The table below shows common roof pitches and the equivalent grade degrees and radians for each.
													
																	Roof pitch 16 12. 
									
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
																	These roofs have a pitch less than 4 12. 
																	High pitched roofs often need extra fasteners and their pitch can be as high as 21 12. 
																	This means if a roof rises 4 in the length of 12 your roof pitch would be 4 12 or 18 43 degrees. 
																	The drawings were reviewed and approved by our builder and call for a 16 12 roof pitch. 
															
													
									
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
																	If this isn t practical then perform the same measurement on the underside of the roof. 
																	You can also calculate roof pitch even without using a roof slope calculator. 
																	They have a pitch ranging from 4 12 to 9 12. 
																	Image 1 12 to 12 12 roof pitch 7 12 pitch. 
															
													
									
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
																	We included a roof pitch chart below the 7 12 example image and the calculator below that. 
																	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. 
																	On blue prints architects engineers usually display the pitch of a roof in the format shown on the image where number 4 represents a rise and number 12 represents a length. 
																	Divide the rise by the run the run is 12. 
															
													
									
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
	
																	Conventional roofs are the easiest to construct and you can walk on them safely. 
																	Most roof s have a pitch in the 4 12 to 9 12 range.