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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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 compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.






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






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






26. An inverted gable roof.






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






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

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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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