Roof Framing Measurements

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Roof framing measurements.

If this distance measures 4 inches you have a 4 in 12 pitch. 8 inches and you have an 8 in 12 pitch. Roof framing rafter layout. This will the first point of the rafter measurement line.

Slope the slope of a roof is represented as x 12 where x is the number of inches in rise for every 12 inches of run. How to calculate your roof square footage first measure the length and width of each surface on the roof then multiply these values to get the square footage of that surface. Make sure to document the number of chimneys skylights or other obstructions and include dormers in your measurements. Measure down y height from the long point of the rafter cut and make a mark.

This is very useful information for many purposes especially for roof framing the slope sometimes called pitch is calibrated on speed squares. Pitch measurement method 1.