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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.