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.
Roofing 800 square feet.
10 roofing squares to square feet 1000.
To find the squares divide the overall roof area by 100 and then round up.
Roofing over costs around 2 to 3 per square foot as opposed to the average full replacement cost of 4 50 so roofing over a 1 500 square foot roof may only cost 3 000 to 4 500.
Finally the more complex part measuring your roof s pitch.
Pitch measurement method 2.
1 000 square feet to roofing squares 10.
800 square feet to roofing squares 8.
8 roofing squares to square feet 800.
Bring a two foot level.
If this distance measures 4 inches you have a 4 in 12 pitch.
Estimate or calculate the pitch of your roof low medium or high.
8 inches and you have an 8 in 12 pitch.
Roofing over does present some issues however.
800 roofing squares to square feet 80000.
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.
The answer is the number of roofing squares for the roof.
500 roofing squares to square feet 50000.
1square of roofing covers 100 square feet of roof a bundle is 1 3 of a square.
9 roofing squares to square feet 900.
Climb to the peak of your roof.
2 000 100 20.
20 square feet to roofing squares 0 2.
For example if a triangle shaped roof plane measures 60 feet along the base and is 30 feet high we have 60 x 30 1 800 feet divided by 2 900 square feet for the triangle shaped plane.
600 roofing squares to square feet 60000.
Convert the area to roofing squares.
40 square feet to roofing squares 0 4.
900 roofing squares to square feet 90000.
On a ladder beside the roof place the level a foot or so up the roof hold it level and measure from the 12 inch mark on the level s bottom straight down to the roof.
If your roof is 2 000 sq.
20 roofing squares to square feet 2000.
10 000 square feet to roofing squares 100.
10 square feet to roofing squares 0 1.
30 square feet to roofing squares 0 3.
Because each 100 square feet of roof is one roofing square divide the total area from step 1 by 100.
When calculating roofing costs per square asphalt shingles run from 350 and 500 per square metal or tin roofs costs 600 to 1 200 per square and concrete or clay costs between 1 200 and 1 800 per square.
Roofing pitch for square roof area.
Then divide the total by 2 to get the square footage.