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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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

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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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

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






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






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






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






48. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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