Roof Pitch For Loft

The primary reason roof pitch exists in the first place is to redirect water.

Roof pitch for loft.

One engineer recommends a 12 12 pitch for the new roof while another recommends a 7 12 pitch. The picture below shows the pitch of a 7 12 roof slope meaning that for 12 of horizontal measurement roof run the vertical measurement roof rise is 7. Roof pitch refers to the slope which the rafter creates. 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.

With a gable roof the roof height at the walls will be 16 below the peak or 2 8. It is an essential element to ensure water drains properly off of your roof. If instead we use a shed roof the roof peak 4 will be at one wall the height in the center will be 2 8 and the height at the other wall will be a meager 1 4. Often you express roof pitch as the ratio between the rise and the run in the form of x 12.

The roof pitch would be described as a 6 12 pitch. Shed loft having a steeper pitched roof allows for more space in a shed loft. The ibhs recommends a 4 to 6 pitch roof. Let s assume that our loft is 8 wide and the peak of the roof is 4 above the loft.

This image shows a relatively shallow roof pitch of 15 degrees. This is for the top level of a 3 story building that is 26 by 64. The loft space would be much larger with a roof pitch of 45 degrees. This measurement is best done on a bare roof because curled up roofing shingles will impair your measurement.