How to find Roof pitch or slope

[@joelmarr6590]

Thank you for talking fast and getting right to the point - 1,000 times thank you.

[@ttruepatriot26]

Thanks brother, at last, I found a video with a simple explanation about the roof pitch. It is so easy how you explained it. For every 12 inches that run, it is 6 inches that rise. Thanks again

[@bamaphoenix9873]

Great job on the video. You demonstrated several reminder tips in a brief, to-the-point method. Very helpful for folks like me that haven't roofed in a while. Stay safe, best wishes. Get home in one piece. 🤔

[@iTurntCTG]

Simple video, yet I learned something I can use the rest of my life , roofing the Pacific Northwest

[@JohnLee-ed8yi]

Thank you for all the ways to measure the roof pitch. I am glad I searched before doing it.

[@joeteejoetee]

Thanks for the "App" tip, but I prefer the S-Square now that you taught me how to use it!

[@jerrystaples7536]

Thanks for teaching an old dog a couple new tricks!

[@MegsCarpentry-lovedogs]

Very cool, I needed your video to do the pitch on the dormers. Thanks so much!🙏🇨🇦😊

[@imranbukhari182]

Wow. Made it so simple. To understand it just brilliant

[@ChickenBoneNews]

Man you did one awesome job with this video.

[@mervin2832]

thanks for teaching me how to measure my roof angle with a smart phone, that's awesome!...mervin

[@joebersik9846]

what is the app name ?? cant find the one that he used...thanks

[@johnstran]

Great tips...True, True. everyone have a smart phone.

[@scooterscarborough498]

Yep. I use pitchguage. I like that one.....easy to use....no levels, speed squares, or tapes...

[@mikebrannan4593]

Hi, just wondering 8 foot pitch roof extension.. what's the lest size rafter I could use? The roof will be tiled and the pitch is about 12.5 degrees. Can't pitch any more due to a bedroom window above. Any tips

[@Bigmandoloco]

“You’re not going to flatter the moon” 😂

[@deminjerez2438]

Great easy-to-use

[@jemalwright3414]

Perfect! Thanks for posting!!!!!

[@guanako503tyle6]

Thanks this is the best video I ever found bro thanks 🙏

[@AWSmith1955]

I'm lookin at your ladder rung like its a pitch gauge as well.

[@EricFapton]

What you explain in this video is a way to find the slope, not pitch. Not trying to be a dick but “roof pitch” and “roof slope” two completely different things. Slope is expressed as a ratio and in inches per foot. And pitch is a fraction derived by dividing the rise by the entire span.

[@borys444]

The iPhone idea is genius

[@u.sonomabeach6528]

I thought it was illegal to climb onto a roof without owning a speed square 😂

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Didnt we catch the square?

[@musicandairplanes6330]

Flat? Or level with the ground?

[@2centsam927]

Ok, so let me get this straight. If I climb up on the roof and pull tape, area equals length times width, regardless of pitch, yes ?

[@GrandRoofingInc]

If you are measuring a roof section for area yes width times height will give you the square footage. If you're doing it from the roof there's no need to know the pitch.

[@2centsam927]

@@GrandRoofingInc thx

[@jmasca0582]

Nice video man !!!

[@marcmiller789]

I use pitch finder on my phone

[@ironjohn5914]

You can also run two tape measures north and south east and west to get your slope. Your welcome

[@peoplesambassadordm8279]

Great king.. blessings

[@alsemi-back-up579]

What If Your Smart Phone Says 5.3!!! Is This Normal Reading

[@SomeDumUsrName]

Good stuff man!

[@Brandon-no3vc]

Your not gunna fly to the moon on it hahahaha

[@joebersik9846]

what is the app name??

[@markleeks1116]

Level line on bargeboard. Measure 12" horizontal from edge.Vertical line from 12" mark down to edge. Divide this figure by 12. This will be 0. Something. On calculator use tan-1 then the something number.This will be the degrees.

[@royalway12]

I noticed that you've been on a roof a time or two. You set the ladder height to the roof top, at the perfect and safe length.

[@EricFapton]

The safe length is three ladder rungs above the roof. What he is doing is technically unsafe by modern safety standards.

[@therealhiesenberg2731]

Ummm. Nope. General rule of thumb is 1:4 ratio, that is one foot away from the building for every four foot hight. With an eave that is 20 feet off the ground, the bottom of the ladder will about 5 feet from the building, extending a minimum of 3 feet about the eaves trough with both the top and the bottom of the ladder secured, as per CCOHS regulations, our equivalent to OSHA. And it's illegal to work from a ladder without fall protection equipment. Also, he set the ladder at the gable end, which damages the ends of the shingles and will cause the ladder to shift; the shingles become pliable when the weather warms up and with consistent pressure from the ladder. It's very unsafe.

[@royalway12]

@@therealhiesenberg2731 So now I know why I've had issues climbing the corporate ladder.

[@brandonmugele2224]

@@therealhiesenberg2731 but he's demonstrating how to measure the pitch. So he kind of has to ladder the roof at the gable end doesn't he?

[@dlangley012]

Thank you so much.

[@larrycrookshanks9091]

Duh. Why not measure the horizontal line and vertical line under the overhang against the siding.

[@louisbrown2279]

Just download an app that tells you the angle from your phone

[@dutchleussink156]

Awesome thanks

[@EireFirst2024]

Speed square & torpedo level & boom 😎😁

[@Lucas-jy7cv]

You can't just measure the square footage?

[@lwbossie]

I like to keep a torpedo level in my pouch for this reason

[@erikbogart676]

brother youre working way to hard the pythagorean theorem is what separates pros from those trying hard, or forman from labor. a²+b²=c². a, run, gutter to center of gable, b, rise, eave height to ridge height ( count siding if needed) . c, the hypotenuse is the number you need. so add rise and run, then get the square root of that and thats the surface area. for pitch just divide rise into run. all this can be done from the ground

[@toynoob2051]

Wow you can eyeball the length of ones gutter to center of cable, that pretty impressive. You kollege boyz sure R purty smart!

[@erikbogart676]

@@toynoob2051 I don't eyeball anything, if you dont understand what it is I'm talking about it's ok to say that and ask questions. You're acting like the big dumb TV bully, who doesn't understand the school work so he beats up a kid. I didn't finish the 10th grade, but I've spent 30 yrs taking my job very serious. Using amd understanding the Pythagorean theorem should be taught to all entry level tradespersons. The instructor/ journeyman/trainer/whatever is failing them, but likely because they don't know it either. The triangle is such a huge part of building. Roof elevations are just an example. Rolling offsets in plumbing, gussets, kicker braces, stairs. So if you want to live your life as am ignorant hammer holder, that's your choice. If youd like stop acting like an ass, apologize, and ask some questions. I'd be more than happy to answer them for you at that point. But don't get it twisted I'm no lolly gagger, in school uniform. I came up hard in an era when that meant something. So I've been polite and respectful. Comment, or don't, I don't really give a shit. I was just trying to help someone obviously who wasn't you

[@keith455-73]

Or, if your house has the Whirlybird vent turbines correctly installed you can look from the ground through a pair of binoculars to see which numbered adjustment hole that the screw is in on your turbine vent and get the number and that will give you the pitch of your roof because when the turbines are installed correctly the adjustment screw is installed in the numbered hole according to the pitch of the roof.

[@Shonuff42080]

Pull out your phone get the pitch gauge app

[@thehamstaa5148]

My friend wants to know why there is more waste on a steeper roof. Asking for my friend. He's just wondering

[@GrandRoofingInc]

It's not that there is more waste, It's if your measuring from a 2 dimension, like from the ground or Google maps then your numbers will be off more the steeper it is.

[@thehamstaa5148]

Ok thanks. I've always climbed on the roof and measured with a tape. I've actually been successful when my competitor shows up and uses a drone. "You brought a ladder and you went up on the roof so you have the job!" The other guy flew his drone and lost out. But thanks for filling me on that tip...I just mostly install.

[@AWSmith1955]

@@thehamstaa5148 I've had that happen to me, A client tell me. " I've had three other guys here and you are the only one who went on the roof" . how else ya gonna find soft sheathing on a roof. I did lose a bid some 8 years ago when i found it was not a single layer but THREE layers because they cut back along the rakes and gutter making the edge look like a single layer. I also knew for a fact that this particular early sixties ranch had only 3/8 inch plywood sheathing. It was like walking on a mattress.

[@brettrae4831]

I Got An App On My Phone

[@mccoy-15]

No what’s up