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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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


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






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 compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.






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






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






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






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






34. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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