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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






28. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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

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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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