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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






2. An inverted gable roof.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






49. 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.






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