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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






4. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






7. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.






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






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






19. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.






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


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






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






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






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 cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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