{"id":117283,"date":"2023-08-28T12:38:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=117283"},"modified":"2023-08-28T12:38:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:38:52","slug":"state-farm-estimatics-questions-and-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/28\/state-farm-estimatics-questions-and-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"State Farm Estimatics Questions and Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Removal of shingles<br>estimate for the actual number of squares (not square feet). No estimating or<br>rounding<br>Replacement of shingles<br>a) Include waste in the calculation<br>-10% &#8211; Composite<br>-15% &#8211; wood<br>b) Round up to the nearest bundle<br>-Assume 3 bundles per SQ for composite shingles<br><br>-Assume 4 bundles per SQ for wood<br>00:03<br>01:45<br>What do wood shingle estimates always end with?<br>fourths. .25, .5, .75, .00<br>What do composite shingle estimates always end with?<br>thirds. .33, .66, .00<br>Calculating Hip Roofs<br>get main body first. extensions second.<br>Hip roof triangular ends<br>are calculated when the main roof is calculated b\/c a triangle is accounted for that<br>didn&#8217;t actually exist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When calculating extensions on a hip roof<br>don&#8217;t count for the triangle, but don&#8217;t forget the two parrallelograms remaining<br>(there is a good chance they are identical)<br>When calculating the main body<br>Don&#8217;t assume that you can just find one side of a roof and double it. Why? the<br>rafters might be different lengths<br>How do you find the height of a hip roof?<br>the height of the triangle is equal to the length of the rafter that is forming the<br>parallelogram<br>(only true if the pitch of the roof is identical and the angles on the hip roof are 90<br>degrees)<br>Do you round when removing a roof?<br>No, removal is always the exact number<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Removal of shinglesestimate for the actual number of squares (not square feet). No estimating orroundingReplacement of shinglesa) Include waste in the calculation-10% &#8211; Composite-15% &#8211; woodb) Round up to the nearest bundle-Assume 3 bundles per SQ for composite shingles -Assume 4 bundles per SQ for wood00:0301:45What do wood shingle estimates always end with?fourths. .25, .5, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}