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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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