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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






11. 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.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






21. An inverted gable roof.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.






28. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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