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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.






2. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.






3. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.






4. An inverted gable roof.






5. Increasing the depth of the hip rafter seat cut so that the centerline of its top edge will lie in the plane of adjacent roof surfaces.






6. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.






7. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.






8. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.






9. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.






10. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.






11. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.






12. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.






13. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.






14. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.






15. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.






16. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.






17. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.






18. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.






19. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.






20. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.






21. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.






22. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.






23. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.






24. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.






25. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.






26. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.






27. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.






28. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






29. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.






30. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.






31. A horizontal member of a roof frame that is placed on edge at the ridge and into which the upper ends of rafters are fastened.






32. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.






33. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.






34. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.






35. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.






36. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.






37. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.






38. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.






39. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.






40. The triangular-shaped section on the end of a building formed by the rafters in a common or gable roof and the top plate line.






41. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.






42. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.






43. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.






44. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.






45. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.






46. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.






47. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.






48. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.






49. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.






50. Increasing the depth of the hip rafter seat cut so that the centerline of its top edge will lie in the plane of adjacent roof surfaces.