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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






14. An inverted gable roof.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






25. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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