How To Read Roofing Square

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How to read roofing square.

This article explains how to make quick use of a framing square and its imprinted data to get some basic roof measurement data like roof pitch or slope rafter lengths and end cuts. Hold the square in one hand and examine it. The wider leg is called the blade and the narrower one the tongue. Because each 100 square feet of roof is one roofing square divide the total area from step 1 by 100.

In most american. Retrieve your blueprint image by tapping load then selecting the source of the file i e your email dropbox etc. Estimate the pitch of the roof. Use it as a straight edge.

How to read a rafter angle square. Step 2 using the roofing square. How to properly use a roofing square. Follow the lip and adjacent leg to where they form a 90 degree angle.

This is called the pivot. Open the app and select measure your roof. Locate the hypotenuse running at a 45 degree angle from the legs. Find the lip edge.

How to use a framing square and its etched on tables to figure out roof slope rafter lengths. The manufacturer s name and logo is stamped on one side which is called the face. This edge keeps the rafter angle square from lying flat. Before you can use the roofing square you need to work out the ratio of the roof pitch.

Select the blueprint you wish to measure. Step 1 work out the ratio of the roof. One leg is wider and longer than the other. A carpenter s framing square includes some tables stamped right into the tool itself.