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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Unit length
Rake
Lookout
Butterfly roof
2. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Gable end
Jack rafter
Gables
Slope
3. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Shortened valley rafter
Gable roof
Gables
Valley cripple jack rafter
4. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Intersecting roof
Hip rafter
Total span
Minor span
5. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Soffit
Shortened valley rafter
Gambrel roof
6. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Slope
Unit run
Plumb line
Shortened valley rafter
7. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Fascia
Mansard roof
Dropping the hip
Slope
8. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Total span
Lookout
Minor span
Line length
9. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Shortened valley rafter
Line length
Fascia
Gable roof
10. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Pitch
Gables
Common rafter
11. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Level line
Pitch
Rafter tables
Cripple jack rafter
12. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Cripple jack rafter
Valley
Line length
Lookout
13. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Level line
Cripple jack rafter
Total run
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
14. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Gable end studs
Seat cut
Supporting valley rafter
Cheek cut
15. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Major span
Purlin knee wall
Gambrel roof
Valley
16. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Rake
Tail cut
Mansard roof
shed roof
17. 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.
Gable end
shed roof
Total span
Hip jack rafter
18. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Jack rafter
Gable end
Unit length
Unit run
19. 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.
Hip rafter
Purlin knee wall
Level line
Dropping the hip
20. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Total run
Tail cut
Slope
Rafter tables
21. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Butterfly roof
Cripple jack rafter
Hip rafter
Rake
22. 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.
Bird's mouth
Dropping the hip
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gable end studs
23. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Total run
Cheek cut
Line length
Mansard roof
24. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Backing the hip
Common rafter
Cheek cut
Valley cripple jack rafter
25. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Plumb line
Common rafter
Backing the hip
Collar tie
26. An inverted gable roof.
Total run
Dropping the hip
Butterfly roof
Gable roof
27. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Total rise
Lookout
Dormer
Line length
28. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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29. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Gable end
Gambrel roof
Soffit
Lateral bracing
30. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Pitch
Hip rafter
Ridgeboard
Gable end
31. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Jack rafter
Intersecting roof
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Unit run
32. 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.
Hip jack rafter
Gable roof
Pitch
Gable end
33. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Rake
Gable roof
Valley
34. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Lateral bracing
Intersecting roof
Slope
Rafter tables
35. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Dropping the hip
Shortened valley rafter
Total rise
Gable roof
36. 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.
Ridgeboard
Gable end studs
Valley rafter
Fascia
37. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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38. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Bird's mouth
Valley rafter
Hip jack rafter
Fascia
39. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Rafter tables
Total run
Gable end
Soffit
40. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Unit rise
Cheek cut
Valley rafter
Unit run
41. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Common rafter
Purlin knee wall
Hip rafter
Hip jack rafter
42. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Hip rafter
Unit run
Mansard roof
Major span
43. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Level line
Soffit
Intersecting roof
44. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Collar tie
Major span
Dormer
Hip jack rafter
45. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Tail cut
Minor span
Rake rafter
Rake
46. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Rake
Gables
Valley jack rafter
Fascia
47. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Cripple jack rafter
Dormer
Gables
Soffit
48. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Rake rafter
Gable end
Dropping the hip
Tail cut
49. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Unit run
Minor span
Hip jack rafter
Total rise
50. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Lateral bracing
Dormer
Gable end studs
Valley rafter