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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






3. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






17. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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

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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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