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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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