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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.






34. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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