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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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