Roofing contractors estimate projects and materials by the square so it is crucial to find this measurement to accurately estimate the amount of material needed.
How much does one square of roofing shingles cover.
To find the squares divide the overall roof area by 100 and then round up.
So most popular shingles are sold such that three bundles are needed to cover one square of roof area.
Find the total square footage of your roof by multiplying the width by the length and then divide that number by 100 and you will get the number of squares you need to cover.
Typically it takes three bundles of standard sized standard weight shingles to cover 100 square feet of roof surface.
A square is the number of shingles it would take to cover 100 square feet of roof area with each row of shingles covering the tabs of the layer below it.
But be careful not all shingle brands are packaged three bundles to a square.
This is simply 100 square feet of roof.
Each square will need three bundles of shingles to cover it.
Asphalt shingles are typically packaged with this in mind but if a package of shingles covered an entire 100 square foot square it would be too heavy to handle.
Typically it takes three bundles of standard sized standard weight shingles to cover 100 square feet of roof surface.
A square simply refers to a 10 x 10 square of roofing.
To find the amount of shingles you will need multiply the number of squares by three.
Packaging shingles are packaged in bundles that include a number of strips of roofing.