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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






21. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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

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






50. An inverted gable roof.