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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






2. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. An inverted gable roof.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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


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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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