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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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