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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






15. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






18. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






19. An inverted gable roof.






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






21. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






27. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.






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






47. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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