Roof Pitch And Azimuth Tools

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Roof pitch and azimuth tools.

Roof pitch is used to describe the slope or angle of the roof. Slope the slope of a roof is represented as x 12 where x is the number of inches in rise for every 12 inches of run this is very useful information for many purposes especially for roof framing the slope sometimes called pitch is calibrated on speed squares. You can assess this in two ways either as the roof pitch angles which the rafters make with the horizontal or the proportion between the run and the rise of the roof. To see how pitch impacts the look of a garage and changes cost click the design center button on our pole barn kits page.

Roof orientation azimuth a southerly facing exposure is best but east and west facing roofs still work well. Roof pitch calculator results explained. Click this button to put your mouse pointer into measure mode. Once the two points have been established the tool automatically draws a line along this roof edge indicating the orientation to true south which is also shown in the azimuth true text box.

Roof pitch refers to the slope which the rafter creates. The roof pitch is important in determining the appropriate installation method and how much roofing material will be needed. Welcome to the solmetric roof azimuth measurement tool. Our example roof surface azimuth is 165 degrees.

Often you express roof pitch as the ratio between the rise and the run in the form of x 12. Contemporary houses often have flat roofs which shouldn. By clicking and dragging the mouse along the roof edge draw a line along the edge of the roof in the direction you want to measure. Angle the angle of a roof is the same as the roof s slope except instead of being.

Knowing what direction a roof faces its azimuth is important to accurately estimate a roof mounted pv array s generation potential. Roof pitch refers to the amount of rise a roof has compared to the horizontal measurement of the roof called the run. Roof pitch or slope is a measure of vertical rise to horizontal run expressed in inches per foot. Solmetric focuses on developing quality solar site assesment tools that provide capabilities such as solar access shade measurements pv design and simulation software and pv performance verification and iv curve measurements.

The roof azimuth tool is provided to you for free by solmetric. While a due south facing roof surface is the best orientation for capturing solar energy a roof surface that s oriented due east or west can still capture 75 of the available solar.