The following table shows the roof pitch rise in run equivalents for all roof slopes in degrees from 1 to 72.
Roof pitch conversion table.
Pitch tan angle use this when you express the angle of the roof pitch in degrees what is the standard pitch of a roof.
Roof slope expressed as rise.
Since pitch is the rise over a 12 inch run divide the run by 12 to get the multiplier in this case 120 12 10.
There are many tools out there.
For roof slopes expressed as x in 12 rise in run the roof pitch multiplier is determined by finding the square root of rise run 1.
48 10 4 8.
Roof pitch refers to the measurement of the slope of a roof and you express this as a ratio.
To see what the degree equivalents are for standard rise in run roof pitches see our page quick reference.
On blue prints architects engineers usually display the pitch of a roof in the format shown on the image where number 4 represents a rise and number 12 represents a length.
In essence a roof pitch chart is provided as a rough guide usually by a roofing company to help you see what the average roof pitches tend to be.
Roof pitch and corresponding angles.
This means if a roof rises 4 in the length of 12 your roof pitch would be 4 12 or 18 43 degrees.
The calculator above can handle much of this math.
The pitch of this roof is 4 8 12.
What is a roof pitch chart.
Other than the 45 roof slope which is 12 in 12 none of the standard roof pitches 5 in 12 6 in 12 etc are equal to a whole degree.