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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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

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






8. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






9. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.






10. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






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






40. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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