How To Read A Roof Pitch Gauge

Most angle finders only work on the top side of a roof.

How to read a roof pitch gauge.

Quickly snap a picture of any roof with an overlaid pitch factor on it. Know your location. See question 10 2. 4 7 out of 5 stars 42.

You can then move and scale the card to fit the structure of the roof you re measuring and accurately gauge all of the roof planes. White screen use this digital pitch finder to find roof slope steepness by laying your device directly. Measures pitch or slope in carpentry plumbing electrical and hvac applications. Measure 1 foot up from the eave.

This handy little tool is the easiest way to accurately find your roof pitch. Locate the appropriate shingle type on the gauge 3 tab asphalt fiberglass or 3 tab organic and use that part of the gauge to take your measurement. Get it as soon as sat sep 19. No fooling around with tape measures and levels.

That distance say its 4 inches will be the first number in the ratio that defines the roof pitch. With our simple pitch viewer you can gauge the pitch of a roof without stepping foot on it. Then take a picture with the pitch reading and current address stamped onto it and attach it to an email for your own or the insurance company s documentation. Then imagine being able to measure straight down through the roof to a point level with the eave.

You can use it to identify roof pitch stair slope or drainage angles. Use it as a level or to find the angle of just about any thing. Simply set it on your roof or the underside of a rafter and read the gauge. Half of the scale is printed in 0 to 90 degrees in 2 quadrants.

The other half is a patented printed scale for reading pitch in inch rise per 12 in. Dual scale rotary pitch finder with thumb dial easy read vial slt 100. Roof pitch gauge handmade roof guide. Bring up roofsnap s pitch card to find your roof pitch remotely.

Or should i say pitch gauge i ve seen it spelled both ways. No need to convert back and forth between imperial and metric. Run without the use of conversion tables. Take pictures with or without slope reading embedded then email.

Klein tools 935dag digital electronic level and angle gauge measures 0 90 and 0 180 degree ranges measures and sets angles. 3 7 out of 5 stars 5. Gently lift a shingle tab and slide the gauge onto the butt end of the tab 3. In this case 4 12.

From your chosen imagery source tap the compass icon on the screen to bring up your digital pitch card. What is a pitch gage and how do you use it. It sounds like a simple calculation but what makes it tricky is the fact that you can t take a measurement through the roof and if you could how would.