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Metal tile calculator gable or hip roof

Type the house's length and width, the overhang and the pitch: the calculator lays the sheets on every slope the way the factory cuts them and shows how many sheets, what lengths and what they cost. An 11 × 8.5 m house with a gable roof takes 22 sheets of 5.80 m Bavaria, 13 850–23 544 MDL; with a hip roof, 40 sheets, 16 129–27 419 MDL, depending on the steel.

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Example house · 11 × 8.5 mOverhang 0.45 m · pitch 35° · slope 5.74 mGable roof22 sheets of 5.80 m Bavaria · 153.89 m² · 13 850–23 544 MDLHip roof40 sheets · 179.21 m² · 16 129–27 419 MDL

How it counts. Questions on the count.

  1. How many metal tile sheets does a roof take?

    As many columns as fit across the slope (the eave width over the useful width, rounded up), times the sheets up the slope, times the slopes. With Bavaria's 1.12 m of useful width, the example house's 11.9 m eave takes 11 columns a slope: 22 sheets of 5.80 m on a gable roof.

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  2. How is a slope's length measured?

    Along the slope, from the eave to the ridge. If you only know the house: half its width plus the overhang, divided by the cosine of the pitch. The example house: (8.5 ÷ 2 + 0.45) ÷ cos 35° = 5.74 m. The calculator works it out itself at "Gable roof" or "Hip roof".

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  3. Why does a hip roof take more sheets?

    Trapezoid and triangle slopes narrow towards the ridge: each column is cut to its highest point, and the steel past the hip line is trimmed on site. On the same example house, with the same 136.56 m² of roof, a gable roof takes 22 sheets (153.89 m² of steel), a hip roof 40 sheets (179.21 m²).

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  4. What minimum pitch do metal tiles and profiled sheet need?

    From the catalogue: metal tiles (Bavaria, Bavaria Modular, Monterey, Bango) from 14°; profiled sheet H-7, H-8, H-10 from 12°; H-20, H-35 from 8°; H-55 from 5°. Below the chosen profile's minimum, the calculator says so.

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  5. What does the calculator's price include?

    The sheets in the chosen steel, roll-formed to your ordered length. Where the steel publishes an accessory price, the ridge, eaves flashing and gable trims are counted per metre, marked "≈". Screws, membrane, delivery and fitting are confirmed in the quote.

    Accessory prices

  6. How do I get the confirmed price?

    Send the specification from the calculator with your name and phone. A specialist confirms the price and stock the same working day, or the next one if you send it outside business hours.

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Worked out your roof? Ask for the confirmed price.

Send the specification from the calculator or write us the dimensions: a specialist calls you with the price and the stock.

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