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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Intersecting roof
Seat cut
Valley
Gables
2. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Gables
Plumb line
Tail cut
Fascia
3. 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.
Ridgeboard
Gable end
Major span
Cripple jack rafter
4. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Level line
Supporting valley rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Valley rafter
5. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Seat cut
Minor span
Mansard roof
Common rafter
6. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Valley rafter
Gables
Cripple jack rafter
Gable roof
7. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Unit rise
Plumb line
Valley cripple jack rafter
Ridgeboard
8. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Butterfly roof
Minor span
Slope
Lookout
9. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Rafter tables
Gable end studs
Valley
Intersecting roof
10. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Unit length
Pitch
Soffit
Lookout
11. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Total span
Jack rafter
Cheek cut
Fascia
12. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Valley jack rafter
Seat cut
Total run
Gable end studs
13. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Plumb line
Collar tie
Gable roof
Tail cut
14. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Slope
Gable end studs
Common rafter
Level line
15. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Rafter tables
Gable end
Plumb line
Valley jack rafter
16. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Gable end
Supporting valley rafter
Gambrel roof
Jack rafter
17. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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18. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Purlin knee wall
Rake rafter
Dropping the hip
Common rafter
19. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Rake
Hip rafter
Dropping the hip
Line length
20. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Dormer
Butterfly roof
Jack rafter
Total rise
21. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Hip jack rafter
Hip rafter
Minor span
Rake
22. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Purlin knee wall
Plumb line
Total run
Gables
23. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Bird's mouth
Unit rise
Hip rafter
Total span
24. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Unit rise
Total span
Rake rafter
Seat cut
25. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Cripple jack rafter
Common rafter
Unit run
Hip rafter
26. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Level line
Tail cut
Gable end
Total run
27. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Rake
Shortened valley rafter
Collar tie
Purlin knee wall
28. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Valley
Line length
Lateral bracing
Fascia
29. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Valley
Butterfly roof
Level line
30. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Major span
Hip roof
Cheek cut
31. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Gables
Level line
Lateral bracing
Supporting valley rafter
32. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Hip rafter
Dropping the hip
Soffit
Backing the hip
33. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Ridgeboard
Cheek cut
Gable end
Level line
34. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
Seat cut
Hip jack rafter
Collar tie
35. 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 end
Purlin knee wall
Valley rafter
Gable roof
36. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Supporting valley rafter
Hip roof
Valley
Rake
37. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Gables
Gambrel roof
Mansard roof
Seat cut
38. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Lookout
Pitch
Pitch
Gable end studs
39. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Level line
Unit run
Hip roof
Valley cripple jack rafter
40. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Cheek cut
Dropping the hip
Tail cut
Purlin knee wall
41. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Rake rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Tail cut
42. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Soffit
Lateral bracing
Jack rafter
Lookout
43. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Supporting valley rafter
Mansard roof
shed roof
Rake rafter
44. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Hip rafter
Dropping the hip
Rake rafter
45. 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.
Common rafter
Total rise
Ridgeboard
Bird's mouth
46. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Valley
Unit rise
Common rafter
Unit length
47. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Mansard roof
Unit run
Plumb line
Unit length
48. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Unit rise
Valley jack rafter
Total rise
Valley cripple jack rafter
49. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit rise
Cripple jack rafter
Unit length
Gambrel roof
50. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Fascia
Rake rafter
Plumb line
Soffit
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