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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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. 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.






7. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






15. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






21. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






35. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.






36. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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