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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Soffit
Pitch
Purlin knee wall
Unit run
2. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Unit run
Gambrel roof
Minor span
Purlin knee wall
3. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Supporting valley rafter
Backing the hip
Valley
Common rafter
4. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Line length
Total run
Valley cripple jack rafter
Unit length
5. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Unit length
Intersecting roof
Plumb line
Supporting valley rafter
6. 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.
Intersecting roof
Dropping the hip
Ridgeboard
Soffit
7. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Slope
Total rise
Common rafter
Common rafter
8. 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.
Dormer
Gable end
Ridgeboard
shed roof
9. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Unit rise
Soffit
Collar tie
Level line
10. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Rafter tables
Lookout
Total span
Dormer
11. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Tail cut
Cheek cut
Butterfly roof
Backing the hip
12. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Total run
Supporting valley rafter
Tail cut
Lookout
13. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Gables
Collar tie
Unit length
Hip jack rafter
14. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Common rafter
Line length
Valley rafter
Fascia
15. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Shortened valley rafter
Ridgeboard
Common rafter
Level line
16. 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
Level line
Mansard roof
Hip rafter
17. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Unit rise
Minor span
Level line
18. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Hip rafter
Fascia
Plumb line
Hip jack rafter
19. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Backing the hip
Cheek cut
Hip jack rafter
Hip rafter
20. An inverted gable roof.
Jack rafter
Total rise
Butterfly roof
Gable end
21. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Gables
Rafter tables
Shortened valley rafter
Unit length
22. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Soffit
Purlin knee wall
Cheek cut
Hip rafter
23. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Ridgeboard
Total run
Mansard roof
Rake rafter
24. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley
Valley jack rafter
Unit run
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
25. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit length
shed roof
Gambrel roof
Rake rafter
26. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Level line
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Rake rafter
Lateral bracing
27. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Line length
Major span
Hip rafter
28. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Purlin knee wall
Soffit
Mansard roof
Valley
29. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Rake
Hip jack rafter
Lateral bracing
Total run
30. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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31. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Gable end
Total rise
Valley cripple jack rafter
Soffit
32. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Gambrel roof
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Hip jack rafter
33. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Jack rafter
Lookout
Gable roof
shed roof
34. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
shed roof
Purlin knee wall
Valley
Supporting valley rafter
35. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Lateral bracing
Backing the hip
Fascia
Total span
36. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Rake rafter
Purlin knee wall
Intersecting roof
Valley cripple jack rafter
37. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Level line
Backing the hip
38. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Unit run
Supporting valley rafter
Valley
Lateral bracing
39. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
shed roof
shed roof
Jack rafter
Gable roof
40. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Unit rise
Lateral bracing
Total run
Gable end studs
41. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Pitch
shed roof
Dropping the hip
Rake rafter
42. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Total rise
Unit run
Cheek cut
Major span
43. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Plumb line
Rafter tables
Supporting valley rafter
Butterfly roof
44. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Hip roof
Unit rise
Gable end studs
Lateral bracing
45. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Lookout
Gables
Seat cut
Gambrel roof
46. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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47. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Gambrel roof
Minor span
Hip rafter
Common rafter
48. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Gambrel roof
Cripple jack rafter
Bird's mouth
Valley rafter
49. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Rafter tables
Slope
Level line
50. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Tail cut
Shortened valley rafter
Fascia
Common rafter