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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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

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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






33. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






37. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






38. An inverted gable roof.






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






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

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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 rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. An inverted gable roof.