Measure Roof Area

Climb to the top of your roof.

Measure roof area.

The highest point of a roof. Back of the roof 12 x 6 72 square meters m. First use your measuring tape to measure 12 inches on your large level and make a mark at the 12 inch line. To calculate the area of your roof first you ll need to calculate the pitch of it.

Measuring your roof from the ground 1. Run the distance from the outside edge of a perimeter stud wall to the center of the house. X ceiling width 12 meters. Find the length and width of the building s exterior walls.

Roof pitch is measured by rise run rise the distance from the top of a stud wall to the peak of the roof. Calculate the pitch of the roof. Y 6 meters from ceiling to ceiling where the roof sides meet. L 30 feet h 12 feet 30 12 2 180 square feet.

The length l times the height h of a triangle is twice its area a2. To find the pitch of your roof you ll first. Stretch your tape measure along the walls from end to end. In the united states a run of 12 inches 1 foot is used and pitch is measured as the rise of the roof over 12 inches.

Next place your ladder against your house at the gable end. Front of the roof 12 x 6 72 square meters m. To calculate the roof area if you have a seat roof. 1 roof square 100 square feet.

The run always remains. The pitch is the steepness of the roof. So if you divide your answer of a product of length times height by two you will get the area of a triangle. Use a pitch.