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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.






2. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.






3. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.






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






5. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






15. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.






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






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






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






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






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