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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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