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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Total rise
Hip jack rafter
shed roof
Hip jack rafter
2. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Shortened valley rafter
Valley rafter
Plumb line
Soffit
3. 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
Pitch
Intersecting roof
Slope
4. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Purlin knee wall
Hip rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Collar tie
5. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Level line
Purlin knee wall
Common rafter
Gables
6. 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.
Line length
Slope
Total span
Gable end
7. 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.
Backing the hip
Ridgeboard
Hip rafter
Valley
8. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Collar tie
Unit length
Intersecting roof
Pitch
9. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Fascia
Valley rafter
Tail cut
Gambrel roof
10. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
Plumb line
Rafter tables
11. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Dormer
Gables
Unit rise
Line length
12. 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.
Gables
Hip jack rafter
Cheek cut
Ridgeboard
13. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Dropping the hip
Backing the hip
Shortened valley rafter
Line length
14. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Total rise
Intersecting roof
Valley cripple jack rafter
Major span
15. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Jack rafter
Backing the hip
Slope
Rake rafter
16. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Rake
Cripple jack rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
17. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Slope
Gable end
Backing the hip
Hip rafter
18. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Line length
Total rise
Total span
Cripple jack rafter
19. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Cripple jack rafter
Soffit
Major span
Mansard roof
20. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Total span
Dormer
Lookout
Common rafter
21. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Cheek cut
Line length
Intersecting roof
22. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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23. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Jack rafter
Gable end
Lookout
Major span
24. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Jack rafter
Lateral bracing
Butterfly roof
Minor span
25. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Cheek cut
Rake rafter
Total run
Line length
26. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Soffit
Butterfly roof
Plumb line
Fascia
27. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Mansard roof
Major span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Rafter tables
28. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Unit run
Level line
Butterfly roof
Rafter tables
29. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Cheek cut
Slope
Supporting valley rafter
Pitch
30. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Purlin knee wall
Ridgeboard
Gable roof
Rake rafter
31. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Soffit
Collar tie
Valley cripple jack rafter
Unit length
32. An inverted gable roof.
Cheek cut
Slope
Butterfly roof
Unit run
33. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Gable end studs
Gable roof
Gable end
Lateral bracing
34. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
shed roof
Level line
Supporting valley rafter
Gable end
35. An inverted gable roof.
Butterfly roof
Dormer
Valley rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
36. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Bird's mouth
Valley
Ridgeboard
Gable end studs
37. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Intersecting roof
Dormer
Total run
Valley rafter
38. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Gambrel roof
Rake
Gables
39. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
shed roof
Minor span
Common rafter
Lateral bracing
40. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Cheek cut
Seat cut
Rafter tables
Unit rise
41. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Unit length
Collar tie
Shortened valley rafter
Soffit
42. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Valley jack rafter
Jack rafter
Rake
Valley
43. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Lookout
Shortened valley rafter
Unit length
Total span
44. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Collar tie
Shortened valley rafter
Gable end studs
Total run
45. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
shed roof
Unit run
Collar tie
Dropping the hip
46. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Lateral bracing
Rake rafter
Gable roof
47. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Cheek cut
Cripple jack rafter
Slope
Seat cut
48. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Soffit
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Valley
Rafter tables
49. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Seat cut
Hip roof
Backing the hip
Supporting valley rafter
50. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Seat cut
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Lateral bracing
Unit rise