How To Do A Takeoff For A Metal Roof

Starts with you the customer sending us a drawing of the roof.

How to do a takeoff for a metal roof. Then square takeoff is the solution for you. Square takeoff is designed to allow you to set a pitch factor or degree of a roof slope and by simply measuring an area around the roof you can calculate the total sqft instantly saving you a tremendous amount of time and money over conventional methods. Wonder how you can quote a roofing job faster than the competition. Then remove the rest of the roof including all the shingles.

Add three studs for each 90 degree corner. Sheet lengths and roof area can both be. Determine the number of studs needed by starting with a quick calculation for the general studs and adding studs for specific elements. This can be a hand sketch a set of plans or an aerial view of the house from a commercial service such as eagle view.

This information is then brought into the estimating program and a lay out and a cut list are produced. Here is a sample of a cadd drawing done from an eagle view 57 blue island st cadd. When you re ready to get started spray your roof using a garden hose with a spray nozzle attachment starting at the top of the roof and blasting downward so the dirty water runs off the sides. First focus on removing the oldest shingles that are sticking out as well as any flashing or vents.

To clean a metal roof wait for a dry overcast day and make sure you have a partner to help you for safety reasons. Remove any nails sticking out and reposition any metal gutters so that water flows properly off the roof. Multiply the total wall length in feet by 0 75 for 16 inch on center stud spacing. Roof types take off examples in this guide are for the most common roof types skillion gable hip and bullnose the principles can be applied to any roof type by dividing the roof into sections.

A take off from m r e. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof.