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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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