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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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

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2. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






27. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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

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






49. 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.






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