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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Seat cut
Total run
Unit length
Unit rise
2. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Gables
Backing the hip
Intersecting roof
Supporting valley rafter
3. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Major span
Collar tie
Total rise
shed roof
4. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Shortened valley rafter
Intersecting roof
Gable roof
Valley jack rafter
5. 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.
Minor span
Ridgeboard
Minor span
Gambrel roof
6. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Minor span
Seat cut
Major span
7. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Hip jack rafter
Ridgeboard
Fascia
Gable roof
8. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Supporting valley rafter
Gables
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Mansard roof
9. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Total rise
Gable end
Rake
Gables
10. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit length
Gable end
Supporting valley rafter
Unit run
11. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Level line
Ridgeboard
Hip roof
Rake
12. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Hip rafter
Unit run
Fascia
Minor span
13. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Rafter tables
Purlin knee wall
Total run
14. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Gambrel roof
Tail cut
Shortened valley rafter
Slope
15. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Valley rafter
Lateral bracing
Common rafter
Unit length
16. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Unit length
Rake
Backing the hip
Dropping the hip
17. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Line length
Level line
Unit rise
Total span
18. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Fascia
Unit length
Gable roof
Valley
19. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
shed roof
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Lookout
Valley jack rafter
20. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Fascia
Gable end studs
Lookout
Gambrel roof
21. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Mansard roof
Total run
Valley
Valley cripple jack rafter
22. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Total run
Fascia
Seat cut
Cripple jack rafter
23. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Unit rise
Soffit
Unit run
shed roof
24. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Jack rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Total rise
25. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Fascia
Unit length
Lookout
Gable end
26. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Lateral bracing
Gambrel roof
Gable end
Hip roof
27. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Fascia
Backing the hip
Minor span
Unit run
28. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Plumb line
Seat cut
Cheek cut
Fascia
29. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Valley rafter
Gambrel roof
Cripple jack rafter
Minor span
30. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Line length
Jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
Soffit
31. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Ridgeboard
Supporting valley rafter
32. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Rake
Mansard roof
Hip rafter
33. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gables
Total rise
Jack rafter
34. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Slope
Hip rafter
Valley rafter
Rake rafter
35. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Lookout
Soffit
Major span
Gable end
36. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Purlin knee wall
Total rise
Intersecting roof
Backing the hip
37. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Major span
Mansard roof
Valley
Total span
38. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Hip jack rafter
Valley
Valley cripple jack rafter
Valley rafter
39. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Dropping the hip
Total span
Major span
Rafter tables
40. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Backing the hip
Soffit
Shortened valley rafter
Unit length
41. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Bird's mouth
Collar tie
Total run
Purlin knee wall
42. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Valley jack rafter
Cheek cut
shed roof
Dormer
43. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Hip jack rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Gambrel roof
Unit length
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.
Common rafter
Seat cut
Dropping the hip
Gables
45. An inverted gable roof.
Intersecting roof
Total rise
Butterfly roof
Purlin knee wall
46. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Mansard roof
Lateral bracing
Backing the hip
Rafter tables
47. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Plumb line
Hip roof
Gambrel roof
Seat cut
48. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Intersecting roof
Rake
Collar tie
Unit run
49. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Total run
Shortened valley rafter
Bird's mouth
Lookout
50. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Seat cut
Hip roof
Tail cut
shed roof