If you prefer to work the angle out the traditional way without our handy calculator you can use the following equations to find the length of the rafter and the slope.
Work out angles for roof.
Drag the slider to animate or with phone or tablet measure directly from roof surface.
Then enter the value of the run and choose the unit of measurement from the drop down menu.
To do this simply convert the rise and run as a fraction to a decimal form eg.
First enter the value of the rise and choose the unit of measurement from the drop down menu.
Enter length and height measurements and hit calculate to find roof pitch and angle.
Finally enter the value of the rafter length and.
To find the angle of a roof in degrees convert the pitch to a slope then convert to degrees by finding the arc tangent of the slope.
This is useful because sometime you may need to cut a bevel with your circular saw that is not calibrated using roof pitch style this setting on circular saws is calibrated in degrees.
Measure and mark length on horizontal level to vertical level.
Here are the steps to follow for the roof angle calculator.
For many people working out the roof pitch angles can be a bit of a nightmare especially if you are going to do it yourself and try to manage it all on your own.
Rise run rise run slope.
Then mark height on vertical level to roof surface remove levels and measure marked height.
To convert between american roofing ratios and pitch degrees follow these steps.
First convert the pitch to a slope.
Find the inverse tangent of the pitch to find the angle in degrees.
Naturally this does not go down particularly well without the right tools knowledge and assistance.
The calculations for figuring roof angles are based on the width and height of the roof.
A 12 12 pitch roof has a pitch angle of 45.
Angle the angle of a roof is the same as the roof s slope except instead of being represented as x 12 it is represented in degrees.
Rafter height width from pythagoras remember that at school so.