Roof Pitch Options

First of all they require less material and therefore cost less.

Roof pitch options.

So you would need to pick the right option as most regular standing seam metal roofs will require a roof pitch of 2 12 or even 3 12 at a minimum. Anything under 3 12 is a low pitch roof. A 3 12 roof pitch angle is about 14 so on and so forth. 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.

Pitches above 9 12 are very highly angled and are designated steep slope roofs. Visually this roof appears flat. There are some standing seam metal roofing options available from atas and other manufacturers that can be installed on a roof with pitch of 1 12. Anything above 6 12 is a steep roof pitch since it becomes harder to walk on the roof.

The most commonly used roof pitches fall in a range between 4 12 and 9 12. Think of a classic addams family haunted house with its soaring peaks and you have a picture of a high pitched roof. This measurement is best done on a bare roof because curled up roofing shingles will impair your measurement. 4 12 is quite typical.

Low pitched roofs also have some definite advantages in certain situations. This is one of the rare pitches where the numerator is greater than the denominator with a slope as high as 18 12. Pitches of less than 2 12 are considered flat roofs even though they may be very slightly angled. Roofs on victorian era houses were often sharply angled with a steep pitch.