RedX Roof – Rafters, Trusses

Summary

The RedX Roof app is a tool for construction professionals that includes a free rafter calculator, construction calculator, and various other tools for designing and building roofs. The app is designed to be fast and easy to use, and it can generate measurements and a scale view of rafters and other components. The app can be used to design gambrel, bay, and turret roofs, as well as hip and valley rafters. The app can also be used to build trusses and plywood angles. The app’s measurements include total rafter length.

Features

1. RedX Roof App is a tool for construction professionals that includes a free rafter calculator, construction calculator, and various other tools for building trusses, hip rafters, valley builders, and more.
2. The app is designed to be fast and easy to use on the job site, with a focus on generating accurate measurements quickly.
3. The Common Rafter Builder tool allows users to input the roof pitch, run length, and overhang length, and generates a scale view and measurements for the rafters.
4. The app can be used to build a variety of different roof styles, including gambrel, bay, and turret roofs, as well as dormers and other structures.
5. The app is designed to save users time and effort by automating many of the calculations and measurements that are typically required in roof construction.

Keywords

RedX Roof, Rafters, Trusses, Free Rafter Calculator, Construction Calculator, Gambrel Roof Truss, Bay Roof, Truss Hip Rafters, Hip Rafters, Valley Builder

RedX Roof App has a Free Rafter Calculator, Free Construction Calculator, Gambrel Roof Truss, Bay Roof, Truss Hip Rafters, Hip Rafters, Valley Builder, Truss Builder, Plywood Angles, Turret Roof & Dormer Builder. You will save countless hours of work the first time you use it.

This app was designed to be Fast and Easy to get measurements on the job.

Common Rafter Builder

Using Common Rafter Builder is quick and easy, just enter the

– Roof pitch or rise

– Run length

– Overhang length

Then the app will automatically generate a to scale view of what the Rafter will look like, along with all of the measurements.

Measurements that the app generates.

– Total rafter length

– Rise from top of wall

– Rise from top of Facia

– Rafter tail length

– Birds-mouth measurements

You can control how high or how low you want your facia to be in comparison to the top of your wall and you can also edit the rafter depth.

HIP RAFTER BUILDER

Quick and Easy

Simply enter the Roof Pitch and the Run (bottom length of the common rafter), and the app will generate an image of what the Hip Rafter will look like, all of the measurements.

Measurements that the app generates.

– Hip rafter length

– Hip backing angles

– Every jack rafter length

– Jack rafter bevel angles

– All other angles

Along with every detail for every rafter, like birds mouth depth, tail length and others. This also supports different roof pitches.

So you save time and pre-cut every piece for your corner hip rafters.

PLYWOOD ANGLES

Plywood Angles is super simple to use. You just enter your first roof pitch (example 6/12) and then your other roof pitch.

The app will then generate a to scale image of the piece of plywood with the correct angle, along with the top, bottom and side measurements.

Save Time

No more taking out your measuring tape, snapping lines ext… you just saved several minutes of work and most importantly your plywood angle will be Perfect.

Edit Measurements

You can also edit any of the plywood measurements, for example if you edit the bottom measurement, the app will update all other measurements instantly.

VALLEY BUILDER

This is one of our most powerful features and the one we use the most.

How it works

– Enter first and second roof pitch

– Rafter spacing (example 16″ centre)

– First truss height (detailed explanations inside the app).

With these 4 values entered the app will generate.

1- A 2d example, to scale of what the Valley will look like.

2- Gets the ridge length with the exact angles.

3- Gets the sleeper board length (colour red) with both angles.

4- Gives you a list of every single rafter lengths (colour blue) with both angles and bevels.

5- Gets the saw bevel angles if you want to bevel your sleeper.