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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






20. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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


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






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






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