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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. An inverted gable roof.






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

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






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






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






46. 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.






47. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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







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