How To Measure A Hip Roof Video

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How to measure a hip roof video.

If you are trying to undertake this all yourself then you should really be looking for the most effective way of working out things like the hip roof square. I posted this video at the request of one of my subscribers. This is the fourth video of my estimating series. We are a brunswick county nc.

This will only interest you if roofing your own buildings is in your future. For many people being able to get the right kind of hip roof calculator is very important as knowing how to measure a hip roof is going to be vital to making sure that it turns out well. This will be the second of a series of three videos if you like t. Porch roof extensions for hip roof porch extensions from an existing building wall you can use half the calculator results.

When planning to cover the hip roof with shingles it is important to understand how to measure hip roofing to make sure you purchase enough material. A hip roof is a common roof style characterized by 2 pairs of opposing faces sloping downward from a high peak. Measuring is easy once you understand that the hip roof is measured by face. In this video i will look at how to calculate the length of the hip on a simple hip roof.

Minus ridge thickness to allow for ridge becoming pole plate roof peak will be slightly higher ridge thick must be same. The roof area is simply 114x18x2 plus 30x18x2 giving 5184 square feet which is perfectly adequate for estimating materials. The roof area for a hip end is the same as for a gable end the intersection is equivalent to a hip slightly conservative so there is usually no need to consider triangles when measuring a roof. In this video i will look at how to calculate the length of the ridge on a simple hip roof.