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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Bird's mouth
Gambrel roof
Soffit
2. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Valley
Level line
Valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end studs
3. An inverted gable roof.
Unit rise
Butterfly roof
Common rafter
Valley rafter
4. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Intersecting roof
Rafter tables
Slope
Supporting valley rafter
5. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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6. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Lateral bracing
Shortened valley rafter
Gables
Cheek cut
7. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Line length
Minor span
Pitch
Lookout
8. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Gables
Unit run
Hip roof
Level line
9. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Tail cut
Soffit
Level line
Gables
10. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Hip jack rafter
Total rise
Rake
Hip roof
11. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Lookout
Shortened valley rafter
Rake
Dropping the hip
12. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Mansard roof
Major span
Plumb line
13. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Rafter tables
Soffit
Tail cut
Common rafter
14. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Lookout
Jack rafter
Valley rafter
Total span
15. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Cheek cut
Rake
Valley rafter
Line length
16. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Total run
Rake
shed roof
Hip jack rafter
17. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Lookout
Soffit
Dormer
Unit run
18. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Valley rafter
Rake
Valley
Minor span
19. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Plumb line
Rafter tables
Gambrel roof
Fascia
20. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Fascia
Hip rafter
Backing the hip
Valley jack rafter
21. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Supporting valley rafter
Common rafter
Minor span
Common rafter
22. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Bird's mouth
Shortened valley rafter
Unit length
Supporting valley rafter
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.
Dormer
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Major span
Dropping the hip
24. 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.
Intersecting roof
Seat cut
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Dropping the hip
25. 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.
Rafter tables
Total run
Slope
Ridgeboard
26. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Unit run
Unit length
Butterfly roof
Valley jack rafter
27. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Plumb line
Valley
Gable end studs
Valley cripple jack rafter
28. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Tail cut
Seat cut
Butterfly roof
Unit run
29. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Cripple jack rafter
Tail cut
Hip jack rafter
Level line
30. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Pitch
Valley rafter
Lateral bracing
Valley rafter
31. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Valley
Rake rafter
Major span
Cripple jack rafter
32. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Total rise
Hip rafter
Total span
Purlin knee wall
33. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Supporting valley rafter
Valley
Seat cut
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
34. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Gables
Rake
Collar tie
Slope
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.
Total span
Purlin knee wall
Gable end
Cheek cut
36. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Purlin knee wall
Rake rafter
Gables
Rafter tables
37. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Unit run
Slope
Lookout
Total rise
38. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Soffit
Gables
Rake rafter
Butterfly roof
39. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Unit rise
Gable end
Lookout
Intersecting roof
40. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Total rise
Gable end studs
Intersecting roof
Gambrel roof
41. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Jack rafter
Unit run
Lookout
Supporting valley rafter
42. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Hip rafter
Total run
Ridgeboard
Slope
43. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Gambrel roof
Plumb line
Collar tie
Tail cut
44. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Dormer
Level line
Common rafter
45. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Cripple jack rafter
Rake rafter
Unit length
Slope
46. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Fascia
Hip rafter
Major span
Mansard roof
47. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Valley
Pitch
Lateral bracing
Total rise
48. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Pitch
Valley
Total run
Line length
49. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Plumb line
Slope
Valley
Shortened valley rafter
50. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Mansard roof
Supporting valley rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Valley jack rafter