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Rafter length and roof pitch with Pythagoras

The rafter is the hypotenuse of a triangle

2026-06-14·11 min reading

The rafter is the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle — here is how to find the length and the pitch from the span and the rise, and why the sloping eaves overhang is always a touch longer than the horizontal dimension.

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