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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






5. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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.






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






44. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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