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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






16. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






19. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






50. An inverted gable roof.