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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Gable roof
Pitch
Purlin knee wall
Ridgeboard
2. 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.
shed roof
Unit rise
Dropping the hip
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
3. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Gambrel roof
shed roof
Rake rafter
Valley
4. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Hip roof
Gables
Bird's mouth
Backing the hip
5. An inverted gable roof.
Cheek cut
Rake
Dropping the hip
Butterfly roof
6. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Collar tie
Rake rafter
Rake
Unit rise
7. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Pitch
Gable roof
Hip rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
8. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Major span
Rake
Hip rafter
Soffit
9. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Rafter tables
Butterfly roof
Unit rise
Rafter tables
10. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Lookout
Pitch
Hip rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
11. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Soffit
Major span
Jack rafter
Gables
12. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Pitch
Lookout
Dormer
Valley
13. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Dormer
Jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Total run
14. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Fascia
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Lateral bracing
Slope
15. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Tail cut
Pitch
Purlin knee wall
Hip jack rafter
16. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Major span
Valley jack rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Lateral bracing
17. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Ridgeboard
Jack rafter
Unit length
18. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Lookout
Gables
Purlin knee wall
Level line
19. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Unit run
Minor span
Unit rise
Valley
20. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Seat cut
Butterfly roof
Level line
Pitch
21. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Rake rafter
Dropping the hip
Total span
Unit run
22. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit length
Cripple jack rafter
Butterfly roof
Shortened valley rafter
23. 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.
Valley rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end
Supporting valley rafter
24. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Ridgeboard
Total rise
Valley
Unit rise
25. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Unit run
Tail cut
Hip rafter
Bird's mouth
26. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
27. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Valley
Level line
Seat cut
Hip rafter
28. 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.
Cripple jack rafter
Total run
Butterfly roof
Dropping the hip
29. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Major span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Cripple jack rafter
Cheek cut
30. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Cripple jack rafter
Line length
Minor span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
31. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Seat cut
Valley rafter
Hip rafter
Minor span
32. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Line length
Valley rafter
Cripple jack rafter
33. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Valley
Total run
Total rise
Cheek cut
34. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Unit rise
Valley cripple jack rafter
Hip roof
Unit run
35. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Bird's mouth
Tail cut
Backing the hip
Hip rafter
36. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Supporting valley rafter
Rake
Total rise
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
37. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Pitch
Level line
shed roof
Rafter tables
38. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Cripple jack rafter
Major span
Valley rafter
Gambrel roof
39. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Gables
Rake
Cripple jack rafter
Line length
40. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Hip rafter
Soffit
Minor span
41. An inverted gable roof.
Butterfly roof
Major span
Supporting valley rafter
Dormer
42. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Gable roof
Bird's mouth
Level line
Intersecting roof
43. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Rafter tables
Level line
Total run
Jack rafter
44. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Rake
Jack rafter
Mansard roof
Butterfly roof
45. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Lateral bracing
Intersecting roof
Seat cut
46. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Backing the hip
Unit length
Lateral bracing
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
47. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Hip roof
Lateral bracing
Total run
Supporting valley rafter
48. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Gable end studs
Backing the hip
Valley
Common rafter
49. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Major span
Rafter tables
Common rafter
Total span
50. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit run
Minor span
Hip roof
Hip jack rafter