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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Gable roof
Total span
Gable end
Unit rise
2. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Common rafter
shed roof
Purlin knee wall
Seat cut
3. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Rake rafter
Dormer
Slope
Fascia
4. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Backing the hip
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Cripple jack rafter
Valley jack rafter
5. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Gambrel roof
Jack rafter
Hip rafter
Major span
6. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Rake
Total span
Unit rise
Unit run
7. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
shed roof
Gables
Hip jack rafter
Soffit
8. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Rafter tables
Level line
Valley jack rafter
Backing the hip
9. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Pitch
Total run
Rake
10. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit length
Hip roof
Backing the hip
Ridgeboard
11. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Gambrel roof
Collar tie
Supporting valley rafter
shed roof
12. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Major span
Cripple jack rafter
Plumb line
Minor span
13. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Hip jack rafter
Intersecting roof
Total run
Jack rafter
14. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Supporting valley rafter
Gable roof
Soffit
Mansard roof
15. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Ridgeboard
Total run
Common rafter
Gables
16. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Common rafter
Gables
Cheek cut
Plumb line
17. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Major span
Collar tie
Total rise
Lateral bracing
18. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Valley rafter
Mansard roof
Supporting valley rafter
Pitch
19. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Minor span
shed roof
Lookout
Jack rafter
20. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Bird's mouth
Hip jack rafter
Tail cut
Valley jack rafter
21. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Unit length
Lateral bracing
Valley cripple jack rafter
Total rise
22. 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.
Dropping the hip
Pitch
shed roof
Total span
23. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Rafter tables
Dropping the hip
Total rise
Fascia
24. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Ridgeboard
Hip roof
Level line
shed roof
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.
Supporting valley rafter
Total rise
Gable end
Slope
26. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Plumb line
Jack rafter
Hip rafter
Pitch
27. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Unit rise
Hip jack rafter
Rake rafter
28. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Fascia
Cheek cut
Rake rafter
Gables
29. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Rake rafter
Hip jack rafter
Unit run
Gables
30. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Unit run
Supporting valley rafter
Hip jack rafter
Fascia
31. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Hip roof
Seat cut
Common rafter
Level line
32. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Soffit
Hip rafter
Gambrel roof
Gable roof
33. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Hip roof
Rafter tables
Gables
Gambrel roof
34. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Cripple jack rafter
Gambrel roof
Common rafter
Plumb line
35. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Rake
Seat cut
Slope
Gable end studs
36. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Rafter tables
Minor span
Shortened valley rafter
Butterfly roof
37. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Jack rafter
Ridgeboard
Unit length
Collar tie
38. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Cripple jack rafter
Slope
Pitch
Plumb line
39. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Lateral bracing
Fascia
Gable end
Tail cut
40. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Cheek cut
Major span
Collar tie
Seat cut
41. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Dropping the hip
Valley rafter
Total rise
Hip roof
42. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Total span
Seat cut
43. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Unit rise
Valley
Pitch
Gables
44. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Dropping the hip
Dropping the hip
Supporting valley rafter
Total run
45. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Line length
Minor span
Pitch
Rake
46. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Gables
Gable end
Valley
Unit run
47. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Level line
Gable end
Shortened valley rafter
Gable end studs
48. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Total run
Gables
Valley rafter
Hip rafter
49. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Line length
Dormer
Level line
Supporting valley rafter
50. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Level line
Pitch
Major span
Cripple jack rafter