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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. 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.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Ridgeboard
Major span
Gable end
2. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Major span
Common rafter
Total rise
Gable roof
3. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Total run
Hip rafter
Minor span
4. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Gables
Unit run
Mansard roof
Cheek cut
5. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Level line
Plumb line
Butterfly roof
Major span
6. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Lateral bracing
Cheek cut
Intersecting roof
Rafter tables
7. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Purlin knee wall
Hip rafter
Unit length
Backing the hip
8. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
9. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Rake rafter
Backing the hip
Seat cut
Slope
10. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
Purlin knee wall
Gables
Rafter tables
11. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Lookout
Fascia
Soffit
12. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Lateral bracing
Gable roof
Purlin knee wall
Pitch
13. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Jack rafter
Lateral bracing
Major span
Rake rafter
14. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Mansard roof
Plumb line
Fascia
Purlin knee wall
15. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Butterfly roof
Valley
Fascia
Valley cripple jack rafter
16. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Purlin knee wall
Cheek cut
Fascia
Cripple jack rafter
17. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Dormer
Hip jack rafter
Fascia
Unit length
18. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Shortened valley rafter
Collar tie
Butterfly roof
Fascia
19. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Fascia
Rafter tables
Tail cut
Valley cripple jack rafter
20. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Total rise
Gables
Collar tie
Level line
21. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Cripple jack rafter
Collar tie
Tail cut
Gables
22. 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.
Dropping the hip
Gable end
Dormer
Valley cripple jack rafter
23. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Unit rise
Common rafter
Rake
Line length
24. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Total run
Total span
Rafter tables
Tail cut
25. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Butterfly roof
Cripple jack rafter
Level line
Plumb line
26. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Ridgeboard
Cripple jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
Major span
27. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Collar tie
Soffit
Hip jack rafter
Rake rafter
28. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Butterfly roof
Intersecting roof
Shortened valley rafter
Purlin knee wall
29. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Collar tie
Slope
Major span
Seat cut
30. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Line length
Valley jack rafter
Level line
Pitch
31. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Slope
Gable end studs
Backing the hip
Ridgeboard
32. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Line length
Total run
Cripple jack rafter
Gables
33. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Gambrel roof
Major span
Ridgeboard
Rake
34. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Total span
Common rafter
Cheek cut
Gable end
35. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit length
Lateral bracing
Valley jack rafter
Cripple jack rafter
36. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Unit length
Mansard roof
Gable roof
Hip jack rafter
37. 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.
Hip jack rafter
Ridgeboard
Gables
Level line
38. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Ridgeboard
Cripple jack rafter
Valley
Pitch
39. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Supporting valley rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
40. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Total rise
Rafter tables
Plumb line
Hip jack rafter
41. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Ridgeboard
Hip roof
Dormer
Supporting valley rafter
42. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Mansard roof
Butterfly roof
Total span
Hip roof
43. 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.
Dormer
Dropping the hip
Line length
Gambrel roof
44. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Hip roof
Jack rafter
Line length
Hip rafter
45. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Minor span
Minor span
Gable end studs
46. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Gable end
Total rise
Minor span
Valley jack rafter
47. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Shortened valley rafter
Valley jack rafter
Collar tie
Purlin knee wall
48. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Supporting valley rafter
Hip rafter
Fascia
shed roof
49. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Supporting valley rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Unit rise
Cripple jack rafter
50. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Soffit
Gambrel roof
Gables
Purlin knee wall