A soldered flat seam metal roof won t be cheap and must be done by an artisan but it lasts a very long time.
													
																	1 12 pitched roof. 
									
	
		
	
																	We included a roof pitch chart below the 7 12 example image and the calculator below that. 
																	These are generally difficult in maintenance as they require special materials to avoid leaks. 
																	Low pitched roofs have the pitch below 4 12 33 3. 
																	Generally these roofs have a pitch from 1 2 12 to 2 12 from 4 2 to 16 7. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Roofs on victorian era houses were often sharply angled with a steep pitch. 
																	Comes in colors and an opaque color which would allow light into the area below. 
																	I have read some articles that state this type of metal will work fine and others that implicitly state not to use metal for such a low pitch. 
																	You can go by the measurements taken by walking the roof. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Metal roofing on 1 12 pitch the pitch is only 1 12. 
																	Conventional roofs have the pitch ranging from 4 12 to 9 12 33 3 to 75. 
																	Visually this roof appears flat. 
																	Image 1 12 to 12 12 roof pitch 7 12 pitch. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	0 pitch 1 00x the roof area. 
																	Since this is a flat roof or nearly flat roof. 
																	1 pitch 1 01 2 pitch 1 02 3 pitch 1 03 4 pitch 1 05 5 pitch 1 085 6 pitch 1 12 7 pitch 1 16 8 pitch 1 21 9 pitch 1 25 10 pitch 1 31 11 pitch 1 36 12 pitch 1 42. 
																	Two most common methods 4 12 or 4 12 are used for marking the pitch of a roof. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	1 12 pitch roof if this is a porch on a trailer use corrugated sheet material can be found at lowes. 
																	This pitch might be as low as 1 12. 
																	On blue prints architects engineers usually display the pitch of a roof in the format shown on the image where number 4 represents a rise and number 12 represents a length. 
																	They are the easiest ones to construct and. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Roof pitch degree table. 
																	Think of a classic addams family haunted house with its soaring peaks and you have a. 
																	It was fashionable for modern style homes built in the 1960s to have little pitch just a barely negligible slope to help drain water. 
																	1 12 roof pitch angle 4 76 degrees. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	A very low pitch roof can also be done in metal. 
																	If this isn t practical then perform the same measurement on the underside of the roof.