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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.