2 12 Pitch Metal Roof

2 12 roof pitch angle 9 46 degrees.

2 12 pitch metal roof.

This measurement is best done on a bare roof because curled up roofing shingles will impair your measurement. We have a prairie style house in east tennessee mixed humid climate zone 4a built in the 1950s with a low slope roof pitch of 1 5 per 12. Resilient asphalt shingles lie much flatter to the substrate than slate tile and concrete which keeps water from being easily blown under them. 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.

That said if you want to have a metal roof that is worth its weight in value that doesn t come with a ton of problems the minimum pitch for metal roof applications should be kept at around at least a 3 1 2 12 three and a half on 12 or above. The roof 50. If a roof rises 2 in a length of 12 this is 2 12 roof 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 defined and explained. Even though manufacturers say 1 4 12 is acceptable. Pitch is the term used to describe the angle slope or slant of your roof.