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Understanding roof facets within the measurement PDF
Understanding roof facets within the measurement PDF

What a roof facet looks like and how it is depicted in the PDF

Updated over 5 months ago

When you receive a measurement PDF from Hover, several pages and tables are included to make your workflow easier. This article focuses on the valuable information you can obtain about a property's facets from the roof summary page, and roof facets page.

What is a facet?

A facet is one plane or surface of a multi-sectioned roof that is over 4 square feet.

Click the arrows below for visual examples of various facets of a property.

Standard up-and-over roof

A standard up-and-over roof with two sections has (2) roof facets:

Standard up-and-over roof with a dormer window

If that same up-and-over roof from the previous example had a dormer window added onto the property, the total number of roof facets would increase from (2) to (4).

Example of a 10-facet roof

Where to find Roof Facet (RF) information within the PDF


Roof Summary page:

The total number of roof facets (RF) and their combined total area can be found in the table on the Roof Summary page:

Roof Area page:

The total number of facets, their combined area, as well as a labeled diagram can be found on the Roof Area page:

Roof Facets page:

We include additional details on the Roof Facets page such as a breakdown of each roof facet's area, pitch, and location on the roof diagram:

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