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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Hip jack rafter
Major span
Lateral bracing
Pitch
2. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Soffit
Dropping the hip
Valley jack rafter
Major span
3. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Gable end studs
Dormer
Valley rafter
Mansard roof
4. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Pitch
Butterfly roof
Intersecting roof
Level line
5. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Backing the hip
Tail cut
Slope
Hip rafter
6. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
shed roof
Mansard roof
Gable end
Supporting valley rafter
7. 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.
Collar tie
Supporting valley rafter
Plumb line
Dropping the hip
8. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Pitch
Gable roof
Fascia
Hip roof
9. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Pitch
Backing the hip
Jack rafter
Hip rafter
10. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Valley cripple jack rafter
shed roof
Gambrel roof
Plumb line
11. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Rake rafter
Total span
Unit length
Total rise
12. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Line length
Valley rafter
Ridgeboard
Pitch
13. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Unit run
Major span
Butterfly roof
Level line
14. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Valley
Lateral bracing
Butterfly roof
Total run
15. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Hip roof
Slope
Line length
Purlin knee wall
16. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Dormer
Mansard roof
Collar tie
Minor span
17. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Intersecting roof
Tail cut
Shortened valley rafter
Minor span
18. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Gable roof
Shortened valley rafter
Valley rafter
Major span
19. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Bird's mouth
Dormer
Plumb line
Minor span
20. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Lookout
Cheek cut
Gable end studs
Level line
21. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Jack rafter
Tail cut
Rake rafter
Unit length
22. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Gable end
Cripple jack rafter
Total rise
Shortened valley rafter
23. 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.
Ridgeboard
Valley rafter
Hip roof
Cheek cut
24. An inverted gable roof.
Unit length
Unit run
Butterfly roof
Seat cut
25. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Tail cut
Purlin knee wall
Valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end studs
26. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Hip jack rafter
Rafter tables
Bird's mouth
Fascia
27. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Backing the hip
Hip jack rafter
Intersecting roof
28. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Collar tie
Total run
Dormer
Unit rise
29. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Rake
Cripple jack rafter
Gable roof
Total span
30. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Collar tie
Lookout
Soffit
Gables
31. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
Unit length
Hip jack rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
32. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Lookout
Cheek cut
Hip jack rafter
33. 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.
Gable end
Unit run
Tail cut
Valley cripple jack rafter
34. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Hip rafter
shed roof
Backing the hip
Rake
35. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Lookout
Hip jack rafter
Rake rafter
Unit rise
36. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Valley rafter
Gambrel roof
Common rafter
Ridgeboard
37. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Lookout
Backing the hip
Unit length
Purlin knee wall
38. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Valley rafter
Soffit
Pitch
Gable end studs
39. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Mansard roof
Cripple jack rafter
Hip jack rafter
Intersecting roof
40. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Major span
Jack rafter
Butterfly roof
Plumb line
41. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Rafter tables
Fascia
Gable roof
Tail cut
42. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Supporting valley rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Intersecting roof
Bird's mouth
43. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Major span
Rake rafter
Major span
Ridgeboard
44. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Hip jack rafter
Valley rafter
Total span
Ridgeboard
45. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Collar tie
Seat cut
Backing the hip
Plumb line
46. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Backing the hip
Cripple jack rafter
Gables
shed roof
47. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Mansard roof
Bird's mouth
Cripple jack rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
48. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Bird's mouth
Supporting valley rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gables
49. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Gable end
Hip roof
Dormer
Minor span
50. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Jack rafter
Backing the hip
Gable roof
Hip rafter