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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






19. An inverted gable roof.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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







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