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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






11. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






26. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






32. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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

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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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