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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Valley rafter
Jack rafter
Plumb line
Gable end studs
2. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Shortened valley rafter
Cripple jack rafter
Plumb line
Mansard roof
3. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Ridgeboard
Common rafter
Collar tie
4. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Gables
Collar tie
Seat cut
Gambrel roof
5. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Shortened valley rafter
Bird's mouth
Rafter tables
Dropping the hip
6. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Cripple jack rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Total span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
7. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Unit run
Valley jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Pitch
8. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Unit rise
Ridgeboard
Valley cripple jack rafter
Butterfly roof
9. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Gambrel roof
Backing the hip
Valley cripple jack rafter
Rake rafter
10. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Lateral bracing
Total span
Soffit
Unit rise
11. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Cripple jack rafter
Gable end studs
Common rafter
Cheek cut
12. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Shortened valley rafter
Valley
Unit rise
Lookout
13. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Purlin knee wall
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Intersecting roof
Gambrel roof
14. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Rake
Soffit
Butterfly roof
Total rise
15. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Pitch
Valley jack rafter
Gambrel roof
Rake rafter
16. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Unit length
Lookout
Gable end studs
Valley jack rafter
17. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Unit length
Hip roof
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end
18. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Unit rise
Ridgeboard
Cheek cut
Cripple jack rafter
19. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Gambrel roof
Major span
Level line
Line length
20. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Slope
Lookout
Hip roof
Valley jack rafter
21. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Valley
Valley rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Minor span
22. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Mansard roof
Gambrel roof
Valley jack rafter
Level line
23. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Supporting valley rafter
Unit length
Line length
Gables
24. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Hip rafter
Gambrel roof
Lookout
Bird's mouth
25. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Backing the hip
Hip jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
Jack rafter
26. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Valley rafter
Seat cut
Minor span
Shortened valley rafter
27. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Gables
Shortened valley rafter
Dormer
Level line
28. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Unit rise
Rake
Hip jack rafter
Seat cut
29. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Hip rafter
Seat cut
Bird's mouth
Pitch
30. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Pitch
Gambrel roof
Fascia
Total rise
31. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Major span
Rafter tables
Gables
Tail cut
32. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Lateral bracing
Unit length
Rake rafter
Plumb line
33. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Gambrel roof
Lookout
Ridgeboard
Total run
34. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Gable roof
Unit length
Gable end studs
Hip roof
35. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Dropping the hip
Hip jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
36. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Gable roof
Gambrel roof
Rake rafter
Gables
37. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Hip jack rafter
Soffit
Lookout
Hip roof
38. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Tail cut
Bird's mouth
shed roof
Major span
39. An inverted gable roof.
Hip rafter
Cheek cut
Shortened valley rafter
Butterfly roof
40. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Tail cut
Intersecting roof
Gable end studs
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.
Dropping the hip
Shortened valley rafter
Rake rafter
Total span
42. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit length
Soffit
Dormer
Tail cut
43. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Unit rise
Valley rafter
Common rafter
Gables
44. 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.
Minor span
Gable end
Lookout
Dropping the hip
45. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Pitch
Minor span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gables
46. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Cripple jack rafter
Level line
Butterfly roof
Minor span
47. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Pitch
Rafter tables
Supporting valley rafter
48. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Shortened valley rafter
Gable end studs
Total rise
Supporting valley rafter
49. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Cheek cut
Rake
Total span
50. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Cheek cut
Pitch
Hip jack rafter
Fascia