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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. An inverted gable roof.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






50. 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.