How To Figure How Many Squares On A Roof

Because each 100 square feet of roof is one.

How to figure how many squares on a roof.

How to figure how many squares are needed for shingles. How to estimate roofing materials. A square simply refers to a 10 x 10 square of roofing. Measure the length and width of each rectangular or square area of the roof and multiply the length times the width to gain the total.

To find the squares divide the overall roof area by 100 and then round up. Although roofing projects are estimated and sold by the square roofing material is often not sold in 1 square increments. In cases where a roof has a complex shape such as in the image to the right measuring the dimensions and areas of each part of the roof to calculate total area will result in a more accurate measurement of area. If the house has an irregular shape measure each part separately figure the separate areas and add them together.

When calculating square footage for your roof always add at least 10 percent of the total to account for waste. This is simply 100 square feet of roof. Convert the area to roofing squares. For instance if the roof is 1550 square feet then it is 16 squares.