45 Degrees Roof Pitch
This means if a roof rises 4 in the length of 12 your roof pitch would be 4 12 or 18 43 degrees.
45 degrees roof pitch. To see what the degree equivalents are for standard rise in run roof pitches see our page quick reference. On blue prints architects engineers usually display the pitch of a roof in the format shown on the image where number 4 represents a rise and number 12 represents a length. The roof pitch calculator is a convenient online tool you can use to quickly assess the pitch of your roof to determine the length of rafters you need. The table below shows common roof pitches and the equivalent grade degrees and radians for each.
Enter any pitch or fraction of pitch to find angle. That page also explains the math that allows you to do the conversions. Divide its rise by run in. This gives you a 45 degree pitch on your roof.
The 45 degree roofs seen on a frame houses are 12 in 12 but roofs can be even steeper consider the mansard roofs introduced by french second empire architects in the middle of the 1800s. So on a 12 12 pitch for every inch of rise there is an inch of span. A pitch over 9 12 is considered a steep slope roof between 2 12 and 4 12 is considered a low slope roof and less than 2 12 is considered a flat roof. Locate its tangent or tan and follow the left row for you to read its corresponding degree.
Mansard roofs with nearly vertical faces can boast a pitch of 20 in 12. Other than the 45 roof slope which is 12 in 12 none of the standard roof pitches 5 in 12 6 in 12 etc are equal to a whole degree. Enter any angle or fraction of angle to find pitch. Determine its angle through taking a 12 inch level and.
Identify the rise and run. The pitch is defined as the rise and span. The rise will be equal to the amount of the incline within the given distance or the run that. The following table shows the roof pitch rise in run equivalents for all roof slopes in degrees from 1 to 72.
45 this is our pitch calculator which will convert pitch to angle or angle to pitch for half degree roof slope calculations.