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State Farm Estimatics Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers)

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State Farm Estimatics Exam Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) 1 / 9 1. Removal of shingles: estimate for the actual number of squares (not square feet). No estimating or rounding 2. Replacem... ent of shingles: a) Include waste in the calculation -10% - Composite -15% - wood b) Round up to the nearest bundle -Assume 3 bundles per SQ for composite shingles -Assume 4 bundles per SQ for wood 3. What do wood shingle estimates always end with?: fourths. .25, .5, .75, .00 4. What do composite shingle estimates always end with?: thirds. .33, .66, .00 5. Calculating Hip Roofs: get main body first. extensions second. 6. Hip roof triangular ends: are calculated when the main roof is calculated b/c a triangle is accounted for that didn't actually exist 7. When calculating extensions on a hip roof: don't count for the triangle, but don't forget the two parallelograms remaining (there is a good chance they are identical) 8. When calculating the main body: Don't assume that you can just find one side of a roof and double it. Why? the rafters might be different lengths 9. How do you find the height of a hip roof?: the height of the triangle is equal to the length of the rafter that is forming the parallelogram (only true if the pitch of the roof is identical and the angles on the hip roof are 90 degrees) 10. Do you round when removing a roof?: No, removal is always the exact number 11. What calculations can you use to replace?: x1.10 for composite x1.15 for wood .33 for composite .25 for wood [Show More]

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