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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.