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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


10. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.






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






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






13. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






14. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.






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






16. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






18. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. An inverted gable roof.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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