Multiply the square footage of your roof by 1 to get the 10 percent waste allowance.
Howmany sq ft is roof on 1500.
Using an international foot of exactly 0 3048 meters length.
Take your ground floor square footage and multiply by 125.
1 roofing square 9 290304 m 3.
100 square feet 1 roofing square 9 290304 cubic meters si unit.
10 feet by 10 feet 100 square feet.
To conclude the example if your total roofing area is 17 300 square feet your waste allowance would be 17 300 x 1 1 730 square feet.
1 ft x 1 ft.
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.
The total amount of roofing material you need is 17 300 1 730 19 030 square feet.
If you have a 2 story house you divide total square footage by 2 before multiplying by 125.
How to estimate roofing materials.
For instance a 7 12 roof pitch means that the roof rises 7 inches for every 12 horizontal inches.
Outside of the u s a degree angle is typically used.
The typical factor is 25 more roof than house square footage.
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.
Pitch measurement method 2.
It is often compared to slope but is not exactly the same.
8 inches and you have an 8 in 12 pitch.
To find the squares divide the overall roof area by 100 and then round up.
This is simply 100 square feet of roof.
Roof size calculations the hard way.