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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Gable end
shed roof
Shortened valley rafter
Rake
2. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Total run
Lookout
Tail cut
Gables
3. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Hip jack rafter
Valley jack rafter
Gables
Supporting valley rafter
4. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Valley jack rafter
Rake rafter
Lookout
5. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Plumb line
Unit rise
Common rafter
Cheek cut
6. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Dropping the hip
Bird's mouth
Hip rafter
Gable end studs
7. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Level line
Gable end
Dormer
Intersecting roof
8. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Slope
Soffit
Collar tie
Valley rafter
9. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Level line
Gable end studs
Line length
Valley rafter
10. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Cheek cut
Fascia
Collar tie
Valley jack rafter
11. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Valley rafter
Hip rafter
Hip rafter
Supporting valley rafter
12. 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.
Dropping the hip
Rafter tables
Unit run
Slope
13. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Hip roof
shed roof
Hip rafter
Major span
14. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Rake rafter
Dormer
Valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end studs
15. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Unit rise
Collar tie
Valley cripple jack rafter
16. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Plumb line
Rake
Unit rise
Hip roof
17. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Bird's mouth
Jack rafter
Pitch
Unit length
18. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Level line
Major span
Valley rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
19. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Valley rafter
Backing the hip
Total rise
Dormer
20. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Level line
Plumb line
Dormer
Ridgeboard
21. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Gable end studs
Gables
Dropping the hip
Hip jack rafter
22. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Fascia
Backing the hip
Cripple jack rafter
Cheek cut
23. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Lateral bracing
shed roof
Valley
Cheek cut
24. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Hip rafter
Cheek cut
Seat cut
25. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Minor span
Rafter tables
Purlin knee wall
Supporting valley rafter
26. 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.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Major span
Dropping the hip
Ridgeboard
27. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Mansard roof
Shortened valley rafter
Common rafter
Ridgeboard
28. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Unit run
Cheek cut
Pitch
29. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Gable roof
Dropping the hip
Gable end studs
Rake rafter
30. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Gambrel roof
Pitch
Slope
Pitch
31. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Gables
Line length
Purlin knee wall
Rake rafter
32. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Total span
Rafter tables
Lookout
Cripple jack rafter
33. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
Bird's mouth
Slope
Shortened valley rafter
34. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Gable roof
Unit rise
Purlin knee wall
Collar tie
35. An inverted gable roof.
Butterfly roof
Cheek cut
shed roof
Valley cripple jack rafter
36. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Common rafter
Minor span
Fascia
Unit run
37. 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.
Cripple jack rafter
Dropping the hip
Total span
Shortened valley rafter
38. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end
Hip jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
39. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Total rise
Hip roof
Pitch
Gambrel roof
40. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Lateral bracing
Seat cut
Major span
Hip roof
41. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Rafter tables
Unit rise
Slope
Valley
42. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Gambrel roof
Unit length
Common rafter
Minor span
43. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Intersecting roof
Dormer
shed roof
Dropping the hip
44. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Backing the hip
Common rafter
Lookout
Gable end studs
45. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Minor span
Plumb line
Total span
Backing the hip
46. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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47. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Gables
Dropping the hip
Backing the hip
Fascia
48. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Hip rafter
Intersecting roof
Total rise
Collar tie
49. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Unit rise
Gable roof
Lateral bracing
Rake
50. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Plumb line
Common rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Rafter tables