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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.






10. 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.






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






12. The width of the larger portion of a building.






13. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.






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






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






16. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.






17. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.






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






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






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






21. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.






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






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






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






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






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.






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






39. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.






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






41. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






42. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.






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






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






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






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






47. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.

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






49. 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.






50. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.







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