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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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