How to calculate the number of roofing sheets required for a building?/ Estimating the roofing sheet requirement for a building.

 Let us calculate the number of roofing sheets required for the below-given building.

Given data:

Length of the building = 20 ft.

Width of the building = 15 ft.

Overhang on all four sides = 1ft 

Angle θ = 50°

Calculation:

First, we have to calculate the roofing length & width over the building.

Roofing length 

= [building length + overhang on 2 sides]

= [ 20 ft. + (2nos.× 1 ft.)]

= 22 ft.

As you can observe in the above drawing, the sheet is sloped on the width side of the building.

Let us redraw the roofing triangle for a clear understanding.

Sloping length of the roofing 

= [AC + (2nos. × overhang)]

Now, let us calculate the length of AC as follows.

By trigonometry,

sinθ = opposite / hypotenuse

In the above triangle,

Side AC = hypotenuse

Side BC = opposite.

So, 

Sin50° = [ 15 ft. ÷ hypotenuse]

0.766 = [ 15 ft. ÷ hypotenuse]

By cross multiplying,

Hypotenuse = [15 ft. ÷ 0.766 ]

             AC = 19.58 ft.

The length of the roofing sheet

= [AC + (2nos. × overhang)]

 =  [19.58 ft. + (2nos. × 1 ft.)]

 = 21.58 ft.

Sheet calculation:

We will consider buying tata durashine roofing sheets for this building.

Now, the effective width of this sheet after overlapping is shown below.

Given data:

 Effective cover width We = 1015mm. 

                  Total width Wt =  1072mm.

            Roofing length Wr = 22 ft. ( calculated)

a. Sheet calculation on length side of the building

 The number of roofing sheets required for a single row

      = [length side of the building for roofing ÷ effective width]

      = [Wr ÷ We]

By converting the effective width unit into ft. 

     (1mm = 0.00328084ft.)

 We = [1015mm × 0.00328084]

        = 3.33 ft. 

Number of roofing sheets for a single row

      = [22 ft ÷ 3.33 ft.]

      = 6.6036 sheets

By rounding off the sheets, we need 7 numbers roofing sheets for a single row.

b. Sheet calculation on width side of the building

Total required sloping length as calculated =21.58 ft.

Let us provide overlapping of 250mm. ( 10") between the two sheets.

So, the total length of sheets required

= [slopping length + overlapping ]

= [21.58 ft. + 0.833 ft.]

   ( as 10" = 0.833 ft.)

= 22.413 ft.

The available size of roofing sheets is shown below.

We will go for the 12 ft. length sheets for this building.

Total sloping length after overlapping

= [ (2nos. × sheet length) - overlapping]

   = [ ( 2nos. × 12 ft.) - 0.833 ft.]

    = 23.167 ft. > 22.413 ft ✔ OK

So, we have to buy 14 nos. of 12 ft. length sheet for the roofing work of the building.

Note:

1. We can buy 7 nos. of 12 ft. length sheet for one row & 7 nos. of 10 ft. length sheet for the second row. But, here we won't get sufficient overlapping between the two rows.

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Thank you for going through these calculation steps❤. Have a good day 😄.

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