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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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

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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






49. An inverted gable roof.






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