Trent Tarter Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 There are several free "roof pitch" apps out there. I have one on my phone, comes in handy when needing to check roof pitch. Click to Enlarge 52.87 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Good tip! Works great. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I've found that it works great when I can actually place the phone on the roof or when I can view the rake dead-on. A lot of people try to use this app to measure the angle of the roof from the ground. That introduces errors and doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 And while you're up there, consider this app: https://www.fallsafetyapp.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Why didn't I think of the fall safety app? Handy tool. Anybody using it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 I love my phone clinometer app. Works great. That said, when it comes to roof pitch, I usually just make an educated guess based on dimensional observations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 ... A lot of people try to use this app to measure the angle of the roof from the ground. That introduces errors and doesn't work. I think the errors are too small to be significant when the phone is held within the same place plane as the corners of the roof surface. My hip roof is 6/12 and my reading, with the three corners in the same plane as the phone, hovered between 5.9 and 6.1 Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 I'm using that app... it's pretty good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 I've found that it works great when I can actually place the phone on the roof or when I can view the rake dead-on. A lot of people try to use this app to measure the angle of the roof from the ground. That introduces errors and doesn't work. Also, the shingles on the roof can pitch back as they overlay each course. So, you should lay a straight edge over several courses and put the measuring device on that. A smart phone alone is too short for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltergross Posted May 23, 2016 Report Share Posted May 23, 2016 Thank you for sharing the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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