How is a running foot measured?

Question

I am pricing tin to roof my house and I don't know how to figure the cost.

Answer 1

generally steel roofing is 38" wide but it has a coverage of 36" wide. a running foot would be the number of linear feet at 3' wide it takes to cover the roof plus a percentage to allow for the overlap. example 10x10 feet would be 100 square feet or one square as some others have mentioned but you divide by 3 (3 foot wide) and you have 33.3 running feet of roofing. remember to add about .07 percent for overlap. this is figuring on 10 foot sections. the material can be ordered any custom length if you are willing to pay the shipping.

Answer 2

A foot standing still is MUCH easier to measure than one running around your roof! Ask the guy to sit still, measure his foot and be done with it!

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Seriously, you will need to go on your roof and measure length and width of every section... from there, multiply length times width to get square feet... total all roof areas and ask for a square foot price. If they aren't willing to provide a price this way, they are obviously trying to confuse the issue... avoid the roofer. Being educated and informed and asking for a price the way YOU want it should not be a problem... if it is? Find another supplier.

Answer 3

Usually roofing is measured by the square. A square being 100 sq. feet . Measure the width and the length of the roof and multiply them . That is sq. feet. Divide by 100 and that will give you the amount of squares. Then add on a little for waste. Hope I didn't confuse you.

Answer 4

on the roof it is done by the sqaure foot, ask the price by the square,running foot prices are a ripe off.

Answer 5

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