Convert roof pitches, or any slope to degrees, faster and easier than ever before with the Builder Fraction Calculator free app.
It is useful to know how to convert slopes into degrees so you know what bevel to set your saw on for things like gable studs. Practice the workshop below to help establish a skillset where things like this will be second nature.
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Pitch to degrees
Open app
Click on the Menu button.
Select Diagonal
Click on diagonal at the top.
Enter Roof Pitch
Roof pitch or rise in inches per foot. Click equals.
Enter Run
Enter 12 for roof slope run. Click equals.
Results
26.6 is the degrees.