You can go by the measurements taken by walking the roof.
1 12 roof pitch house.
However you can only use this pitch with built up roofing or specialized synthetic roofing.
This pitch might be as low as 1 12.
Thus pitch is typically greater in areas of high rain or snowfall.
1 pitch 1 01 2 pitch 1 02 3 pitch 1 03 4 pitch 1 05 5 pitch 1 085 6 pitch 1 12 7 pitch 1 16 8 pitch 1 21 9 pitch 1 25 10 pitch 1 31 11 pitch 1 36 12 pitch 1 42.
The table below shows common roof pitches and the equivalent grade degrees and radians for each.
The minimum pitch for a roof is 1 4 12 which translates to 1 4 inch rise to 12 inches of run.
Visually this roof appears flat.
A pitch of 2 12 is the minimum pitch for shingles made of asphalt so your roof just barely makes the cut off for one of the most popular roofing material options.
If a roof rises 1 in a length of 12 this is 1 12 roof pitch.
This is one of the rare pitches where the numerator is greater than.
In degrees 10 2 in 12 or 1 in 6 is considered a minimum.
Image 1 12 to 12 12 roof pitch 7 12 pitch.
Since this is a flat roof or nearly flat roof.
Roof pitch degree table.
Think of a classic addams family haunted house with its soaring peaks and you have a picture of a high pitched roof.
If this isn t practical then perform the same measurement on the underside of the roof.
Resilient asphalt shingles lie much flatter to the substrate than slate tile and concrete which keeps water from being easily blown under them.
We included a roof pitch chart below the 7 12 example image and the calculator below that.
1 12 roof pitch angle 4 76 degrees.
0 pitch 1 00x the roof area.
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.
Roofs on victorian era houses were often sharply angled with a steep pitch.
The exact roof slope in degrees is given by the arctangent.