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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






18. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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.






35. 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.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






47. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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