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When we have cleaned roofs in the past we have always asked the owner what the square footage of the property is and went with that number.  That can not be accurate every time.  If I start using the county property appraiser site to get an exact number which number do I use? Living, Base or Total Sq. Ft.  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

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The base will work if you use a mulitplier, living is not counting the garage and can include numerious floors... use the base , but rem the roof is always larger than the base (foot Print)



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The base will work if you use a mulitplier, living is not counting the garage and can include numerious floors... use the base , but rem the roof is always larger than the base (foot Print)


Thanks I greatly appreaciate it.  Want to make sure we are getting our monies worth.  Thanks for the quick response and appreciate any other good info you could pass along.

 



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Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 wrote:

The base will work if you use a mulitplier, living is not counting the garage and can include numerious floors... use the base , but rem the roof is always larger than the base (foot Print)


Thanks I greatly appreaciate it.  Want to make sure we are getting our monies worth.  Thanks for the quick response and appreciate any other good info you could pass along.

 


i have been taking the base times the pitch, for example if the pitch is 6-12  take the base time 1.6... it will put you real close to the sq ft...
others might use different methods and they are posted here some where you just have to search

 



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Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 wrote:

The base will work if you use a mulitplier, living is not counting the garage and can include numerious floors... use the base , but rem the roof is always larger than the base (foot Print)


Thanks I greatly appreaciate it.  Want to make sure we are getting our monies worth.  Thanks for the quick response and appreciate any other good info you could pass along.

 


i have been taking the base times the pitch, for example if the pitch is 6-12  take the base time 1.6... it will put you real close to the sq ft...
others might use different methods and they are posted here some where you just have to search

 

 


What is the easiest way to find the pitch and what are the calculations once you know the pitch as explained in your previous statement?

 



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When we have cleaned roofs in the past we have always asked the owner what the square footage of the property is and went with that number.  That can not be accurate every time.  If I start using the county property appraiser site to get an exact number which number do I use? Living, Base or Total Sq. Ft.  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,Brandon


If you take the total square footage, you will be on the safe side, as far as YOU are concerned. Unfortunately, some idiots will take JUST the square footage of the house w/o garage on their quotes no This is a common rookie mistake!


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Roof Cleaning Missouri 417-230-8103 wrote:

The base will work if you use a mulitplier, living is not counting the garage and can include numerious floors... use the base , but rem the roof is always larger than the base (foot Print)


Thanks I greatly appreaciate it.  Want to make sure we are getting our monies worth.  Thanks for the quick response and appreciate any other good info you could pass along.

 


i have been taking the base times the pitch, for example if the pitch is 6-12  take the base time 1.6... it will put you real close to the sq ft...
others might use different methods and they are posted here some where you just have to search

 

 


What is the easiest way to find the pitch and what are the calculations once you know the pitch as explained in your previous statement?

 


http://www.ddmetal.com/pitch.htm

8-12 means the roof drops 8" every 12" so get the total sq ft of roof then get the pitch then uses the mulitplier  is this case  the base times 1.8

 



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Also never trust that the square footage given by a customer is fact. Like posted above, most do not include the garage. I have every county tax appraisers site as a favorite. The you can use google earth or the like, to zoom to street level to get an idea of the pitch.

One customer quotes "1600 sq ft" when I called her back it changed to 1400...truth be told (tax site) it was 2300.

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Also never trust that the square footage given by a customer is fact. Like posted above, most do not include the garage. I have every county tax appraisers site as a favorite. The you can use google earth or the like, to zoom to street level to get an idea of the pitch.

One customer quotes "1600 sq ft" when I called her back it changed to 1400...truth be told (tax site) it was 2300.




Good point Dwayne
, you can also use Zillow.com, they have this also on some properties..

 



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Here is the easiest way to find a pitch. http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xj5/R-100193539/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 Lay this on the roof and it will give you the angle and pitch. Our price break is walkable ( up to a 7/12) and non-walkable ( anything 8/12 and over)

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Here is the easiest way to find a pitch. http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xj5/R-100193539/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053 Lay this on the roof and it will give you the angle and pitch. Our price break is walkable ( up to a 7/12) and non-walkable ( anything 8/12 and over)



Thank you for the link and the info.  This will help with our pricing greatly.



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