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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.






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






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






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






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






50. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.