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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.






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






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






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






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






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






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.






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






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






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






11. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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.






44. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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