grumpyvette Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Im in the process of building my new garage (owner/builder) I need to order shingles, the garage mearures 36 feet x 74 feet in floor area (2664 sq feet) Im installing a HIP ROOF 6:1 with a 2 ft overhang vaugely similar to this (roof not the garage) ,and I need to know the approximate numbers of SQUARES of roof shingles to order, but never having built a garage before Id be guessing at about 34 squares worth of shingles???? to allow for the usually % of screw-ups , fitting ETC,?? any help from guys that do roofs or contractors who build garages ETC. for a living would be appreciated guys yeah I have hired experianced roof guys to do the actual work, buy they have aggreed to do all work and supply everthing but the shingles BECAUSE I wanted MUCH BETTER QUALITY than the average job they usually supply or install so they ask me to get them delivered to the job, they gave me an estimate on the number of squares but it seemed to be low in my estimation, so I wanted to check before ordering the shingles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 34 would be razor thin IMO, I'd go with 35. 32 slope, 1.7 on the ridges, so 33.7 plus waste. 6:1 is super flat. Nobody around here goes less than 4:1, and most are 3:1. Are you sure that's correct? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 perhaps I stated the 6:1 wrong, IM refering to a 6" raise in height for a 1 foot length of roof, aproximately a 30 degree slope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z0wner Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 if its 6":1' then it would actually be 6":12" or 1":2" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 thanks guys, Im figuring on 36 sqs does that sound about correct?? btw heres a link that may help some guys reading this thread figuring the surface area is easy, the problem is that SHINGLES are installed overlapping and I did not know the percentage wasted durring the average installation http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/outdoors/Act1Solution.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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