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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






22. An inverted gable roof.






23. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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