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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Collar tie
shed roof
Valley cripple jack rafter
Pitch
2. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Pitch
Dormer
Lookout
Gambrel roof
3. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Rafter tables
Minor span
Hip rafter
Valley rafter
4. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Dropping the hip
Valley jack rafter
Valley
Gable roof
5. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Plumb line
Total rise
Cripple jack rafter
6. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Rake
shed roof
Dormer
Minor span
7. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Butterfly roof
Jack rafter
Hip rafter
Supporting valley rafter
8. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Intersecting roof
Shortened valley rafter
Gables
Supporting valley rafter
9. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Common rafter
Dormer
Unit rise
Dropping the hip
10. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
shed roof
Gable roof
Total span
Hip jack rafter
11. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Cripple jack rafter
Pitch
Gable end
Purlin knee wall
12. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Total run
Minor span
Unit run
Rake rafter
13. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Shortened valley rafter
Soffit
Intersecting roof
Gable roof
14. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Intersecting roof
Unit run
Hip roof
Backing the hip
15. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Slope
Gambrel roof
Tail cut
Butterfly roof
16. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Tail cut
Rake rafter
Lateral bracing
Gable roof
17. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Mansard roof
Soffit
Minor span
18. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Tail cut
Gable roof
Valley rafter
Rafter tables
19. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Shortened valley rafter
Total run
Total rise
Intersecting roof
20. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Pitch
Collar tie
Valley rafter
Soffit
21. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Line length
Gables
Plumb line
Gambrel roof
22. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Hip rafter
Slope
Plumb line
Lateral bracing
23. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Purlin knee wall
Rake
Major span
Fascia
24. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Line length
Plumb line
Collar tie
Supporting valley rafter
25. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Total rise
Supporting valley rafter
Rake
Valley jack rafter
26. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Lookout
Cripple jack rafter
Rake rafter
Mansard roof
27. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Purlin knee wall
Rake
Backing the hip
Shortened valley rafter
28. 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.
Dormer
Ridgeboard
Gable end
Dropping the hip
29. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Gables
Total rise
Minor span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
30. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Butterfly roof
shed roof
Purlin knee wall
Seat cut
31. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Collar tie
Valley rafter
Jack rafter
Pitch
32. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Soffit
Total run
Valley jack rafter
Line length
33. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Dormer
Soffit
34. An inverted gable roof.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Butterfly roof
Slope
Tail cut
35. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Total run
Valley
Soffit
shed roof
36. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Valley rafter
Total run
Cheek cut
Dropping the hip
37. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Gable roof
Line length
Soffit
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
38. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Level line
Unit rise
Unit run
shed roof
39. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit run
Rake
Hip jack rafter
Cripple jack rafter
40. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Pitch
Seat cut
Valley cripple jack rafter
shed roof
41. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Rake
Line length
Butterfly roof
Soffit
42. 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.
Level line
Gable end studs
Rake rafter
Dropping the hip
43. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Soffit
Collar tie
Cheek cut
Dropping the hip
44. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Hip roof
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Slope
Collar tie
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.
Gable roof
Pitch
Gable end
Backing the hip
46. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit length
Fascia
Shortened valley rafter
Cheek cut
47. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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48. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Tail cut
Seat cut
Unit length
Total span
49. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Level line
Slope
shed roof
Butterfly roof
50. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Hip roof
Ridgeboard
Total rise
Line length