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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






23. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






36. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






48. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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