Before roofing your housing projects,what you need to know.(How to calculate the amount of roofing sheet needed when roofing your building)
In building construction, The Most Common Roof Style Is the
Pitch Roof, it is a numerical measure of the steepness of a roof. Roofs may be
functionally flat or "pitched".
The roof's pitch is its vertical rise divided by its
horizontal span (or "run"), what is called "slope" in
geometry and stair construction, or the tangent function in trigonometry.
The Pitch Matters For A Variety Of Reasons Including The
Type Of Roofing Material Used, Workability, Proportions To The Building As A
Whole Which Is Sometimes A Critical Factor In Some Architectural Styles Such As
A Steep Pitch In Gothic Architecture And A Low Pitch In Classical Architecture
Divided at the center which is the apex (at the king post) the
pitch roof is the easiest to calculate , but you can ask your roofing sheets
supplier for the size of each roofing sheet except you are using long span aluminum
roofing sheet which can be cut to exact length of the roof. To make fast
calculation, measure the length of the side of building let say ‘x’, measure
the width, ‘y’.
To get an approximate surface area we will add an arbitrary
value as a safety factor for the difference in length due to the pitch or depth
of roof or roof rise.
So let’s say for a house of total length of the front is 12m
or 40ft and side which is the longer part is 22m or 73ft.
Area =length of front of house x width of house
Area =12 x 22=264m2,
Add allowance for the pitch or depth or roof rise, say 20%
of Area
=20% + 264m2 =316.8m2.
Now find out the length and breadth of each roofing sheet
and also multiply length by breadth. Assuming the ceiling sheet is 3.6m in
length and 1.2m in breadth,
Then area of roofing sheet =3.6 x 1.8 =4.32m2
Therefore total numbers of roofing sheets needed
approximately is
(Area of building + Allowance)/area of one roofing sheet
(Area of building + Allowance)/area of one roofing sheet
=316.8/4.32m = 74 sheets
Please note that this is not a standard way of approximating
but this is derived based on site experience. In any case there is no
particular standard way.
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