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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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


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






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






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






21. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






22. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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