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