Square A Uneven Roof

Discussion starter 1 apr 5 2013.

Square a uneven roof.

Roof is on a building over 100 years old 3 out of square. Already existing leaks or other issues that may or may not be fixed by a roof. Feet then you will have 20 squares. Unfortunately the client decided to go with conventional panel which is around 30 wide.

Joined jul 19 2006 15 748 posts. Square footage of the roof. This free roofing calculator estimates the area of a roof and the amount of materials required to replace or build said roof. Roofing square conversion calculator.

Putting steel on uneven roof. The ho did the walls because that s easy didn t square up the walls and now expects the roof framer to fix it. A high line running perpendicular to the main house ridge was caused because the home had an addition constructed off this location. Roof is 20 from drip edge to ridge.

Step 3 measure between the tongue and blade as the square lays on the rafter. By severe i mean that on a roof that measures 17 feet from eave to ridge and a little over 29 ft wide i snapped my lines for starting out square using multiples of the 3 4 5 method and found out that the roof was basically a trapezoid being 5 inches out of square at the top left of the roof and approximately the same on the right hand lower. Square level or uniformly positioned yet. 2 000 100 20.

Jump to latest follow 1 19 of 19 posts. Then add the results together for the total square footage of your roof. Well a decent framer can fix it if he ignores the ties sets the trusses square to a wall and then works the ends with the cuts. If your roof is 2 000 sq.

The result in this example is 14 7 16. Parts of your roof that are in constant shade or exposure to the sun. Explore a number of housing related calculators as well as hundreds of other calculators covering topics such as finance math health fitness and more. Now it s time to convert square feet into roofing squares.

How to start shingles straight on a non square roof. I was talking to my insurance agent and he recommended replacing my shingles with steel the next time i redo the roof. This is pretty simple. Place the square on the rafter s end.

I recommended using a 16 standing seam panel so that i could bend the appropiate angle at the bottom and have no issues. Roofing pitch for square roof area. The roof framing for each addition had varying issues causing the uneven roof surfaces. Points on your roof that may collect water moisture or debris.

The overhang edge is always straight unless you use a slinky line. For a roof with 8 12 pitch find 8 inches on the shorter arm of the square the tongue and 12 inches on the longer end the blade. Fishhead premium member.