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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.
Gable end studs
Cheek cut
Seat cut
Tail cut
2. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Soffit
Dropping the hip
Valley cripple jack rafter
Plumb line
3. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit run
Valley rafter
Major span
Unit length
4. An inverted gable roof.
Slope
Fascia
Supporting valley rafter
Butterfly 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.
Butterfly roof
Dropping the hip
Plumb line
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
6. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Gambrel roof
Minor span
Hip jack rafter
7. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Valley rafter
Cheek cut
Total run
Dormer
8. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Hip rafter
Total span
Gable roof
Gable end studs
9. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Ridgeboard
shed roof
Pitch
Valley cripple jack rafter
10. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Minor span
Pitch
Supporting valley rafter
Ridgeboard
11. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Soffit
Supporting valley rafter
Rake
Valley rafter
12. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Collar tie
Backing the hip
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Mansard roof
13. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Plumb line
Hip jack rafter
Valley
Mansard roof
14. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Cripple jack rafter
Rake
Hip jack rafter
Jack rafter
15. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Seat cut
Lateral bracing
Total run
Tail cut
16. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Hip roof
Cheek cut
Gambrel roof
Fascia
17. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Bird's mouth
Line length
Valley jack rafter
Backing the hip
18. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Hip roof
Fascia
Supporting valley rafter
Level line
19. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Hip rafter
Ridgeboard
Hip jack rafter
Hip roof
20. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Butterfly roof
Soffit
Intersecting roof
Plumb line
21. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Bird's mouth
Pitch
Shortened valley rafter
Cripple jack rafter
22. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Total span
Total run
Minor span
Fascia
23. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Hip jack rafter
Total span
Tail cut
Slope
24. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Shortened valley rafter
shed roof
Hip rafter
Gambrel roof
25. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Gambrel roof
shed roof
Pitch
Cheek cut
26. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Intersecting roof
Cripple jack rafter
Seat cut
Gable roof
27. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit run
Rafter tables
Collar tie
Plumb line
28. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Total span
Shortened valley rafter
Hip rafter
Rafter tables
29. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Plumb line
Collar tie
shed roof
Total run
30. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Line length
Total run
Unit rise
Bird's mouth
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.
Ridgeboard
Hip rafter
Collar tie
Bird's mouth
32. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Lookout
Intersecting roof
Jack rafter
Rake rafter
33. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Gable end
Total rise
Total span
Purlin knee wall
34. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Unit length
Major span
Plumb line
Total rise
35. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Cripple jack rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Unit run
Rafter tables
36. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Level line
Lookout
Lateral bracing
Tail cut
37. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Dormer
Mansard roof
Gambrel roof
38. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Major span
Fascia
Valley jack rafter
Rafter tables
39. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Total span
Cheek cut
Rafter tables
Common rafter
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.
Hip rafter
Bird's mouth
Gable end
Ridgeboard
41. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Hip roof
Cripple jack rafter
Total span
Minor span
42. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Unit rise
Bird's mouth
Minor span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
43. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Unit rise
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Seat cut
Gable end
44. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Collar tie
Unit run
Total rise
45. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Total rise
Rafter tables
Valley jack rafter
Lateral bracing
46. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Jack rafter
Tail cut
Gables
Gables
47. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Hip rafter
Total rise
Common rafter
48. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Dropping the hip
Hip rafter
Level line
Minor span
49. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Tail cut
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end studs
Unit length
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.
Supporting valley rafter
Major span
Cripple jack rafter
Dropping the hip