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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






2. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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15. 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.






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






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

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






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






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






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






22. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






26. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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