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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






2. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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