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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






3. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.






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






5. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.






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






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






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






9. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.






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






11. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.






25. An inverted gable roof.






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






27. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






30. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






36. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.






48. 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.






49. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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