Roof Sheet Coverage Calculator

The house base area is the area of land that the house covers and for more complex shapes can be estimated using the area calculator.

Roof sheet coverage calculator.

Divide the length of your roof area by 0 760 to determine the number of sheets you need. Roofing calculator the following tools estimate the area of a roof as well as the amount of materials necessary to construct a roof of a given area. You will need to round up even if it were say 7 1 sheets as you need to cover all of the area. The base length is simply the distance from the second corner to the third corner on the house s long side.

Once you enter the basic roof dimensions and enter the type of roof you will get a very accurate result telling you exactly the amount of shingles that are required to cover your new roof. Panels are often measured in inches use our inches to feet conversion calculator to convert to feet. For instance a 38 panel will have an effective coverage width of 36. Number of roof sheets rounded off to highest number eg.

Our roof calculator uses base length and base width to find the estimated area. For example if your roof is 1 500 ft 2 then it will take 47 sheets of plywood to sheath it. The metal roof length calculator calculates the distance from peak to trim so add the length you want the roof metal to extend beyond the eave trim. The base width is the distance from one corner of your roof to the other at its base on the short side of your house.

686mm 0 686 3. Use our roof pitch calculator to find the pitch of your roof. The next step is to round up to the nearest whole number for this example would be 8. Width of area to cover.

Enter the diameter of the roof ridge vent gap 1 3 finally enter the coverage area width of the panels you plan to buy. The length of roof sheets are manufactured to your requirements. 4 3 sheets will be 5 sheets required. A 4 8 sheet of plywood is 32 ft 2.

So dividing the area of the roof by 32 will give you the number of sheets needed. For example a structure that s 6 0m long is 6000 760 7 89 sheets. Cover width entry in meters eg. For cover width sizes please refer to our fibreglass or polycarbonate roof sheeting pages.

Next find the square footage of the metal roofing panels you want to use. Measure the length and width in feet then multiply together to find the square footage.