Rafter Length Calculator
Rafter Length: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers building span, roof pitch and overhang. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared.
Rafter Length Calculator is a planned calculator in the construction section of Super Calculator, covering roof carpentry.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: building span, roof pitch, overhang and ridge thickness.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: common rafter length = run / cos(pitch angle), plus overhang and seat cut.
Written for framers cutting common rafters from a pitch.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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