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