Computing roof pitch, Hip & valley rafters — (regular 45-degree) – Calculated Industries 3088 User Manual

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Computing Roof Pitch

You have a roof where your Rise is 7 feet 10-

1/2 inches and your Run is 13 feet 6 inches.
What’s the Pitch?*
COMMENTS

KEYSTROKES

Clear calculator

[On/C] [On/C]

Enter Rise

7 [Feet] 10 [Inch]

1 [/] 2 [Rise]

Enter Run

13 [Feet]

6 [Inch] [Run]

Find Pitch

[Pitch]

Answer: 7 IN

HIP & VALLEY RAFTERS
(Regular 45-Degree)

You’re working with a 7-in-12 Pitch, and half

your total span is 13 feet 9 inches: (A) Find the
point-to-point length for the common rafter and
(B) Find the length of an adjoining hip (or valley).
COMMENTS

KEYSTROKES

Clear calculator

[On/C] [On/C]

Step 1 — Find Common Rafter Length
Enter Run of common

13 [Feet]

rafter

9 [Inch] [Run]

Enter roof Pitch

7 [Inch] [Pitch]

Find common rafter

[Diag]

Answer: 15 FT 11-1/64 IN

Step 2 — Find Hip Rafter Length
Find adjacent hip

[Hip/V]

Answer: 21 FT 0-27/64 IN

* This could also be solved “long-hand” by directly dividing
the two feet-inch dimensions, and then entering the
resulting answer (.583333) as the Pitch ([=] [Pitch]). Pressing
Pitch again would show the same 7 IN PITCH answer as
shown above.

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