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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






2. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






17. 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.






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. An inverted gable roof.






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.






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






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






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






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






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






37. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






41. An inverted gable roof.






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






43. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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