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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.

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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.

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






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