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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






10. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. An inverted gable roof.






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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