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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. An inverted gable roof.






40. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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