How to Calculate the Roof Pitch?

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Roofs often play important roles in a project's identity. In addition to the aesthetic aspect, they play a fundamental role in protecting and closing the building. Of the existing types of coverage, pitched roofs are the most common in homes and buildings all around the world, therefore, it is necessary to ensure that they are within the parameters set out in the technical standards.

We call roofs those structures that close the top of buildings, protecting the inside from all weather, such as rain, wind and sunlight. They can acquire different formats and even gain new functionalities depending on the project's identity: they can be flat, pitched, with a variety of planes or they can be visited and vegetated. Within this variety, pitched roofs are the most used in residential architecture, and even in building roofs, given their practicality and low execution cost.

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Cite: Martino, Giovana. "How to Calculate the Roof Pitch?" [Como calcular a inclinação de um telhado? ] 31 Jan 2022. ArchDaily. (Trans. Simões, Diogo) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/976006/how-to-calculate-the-roof-pitch> ISSN 0719-8884

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