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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Gable roof
Gable end
Dropping the hip
Common rafter
2. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
3. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Unit run
Intersecting roof
Valley rafter
Fascia
4. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Total run
Lateral bracing
Total rise
Jack rafter
5. 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.
Lookout
Rake
Dropping the hip
Tail cut
6. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit run
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Soffit
Total rise
7. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Shortened valley rafter
Total run
Gable roof
Purlin knee wall
8. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Rafter tables
Ridgeboard
Gable end studs
Gambrel roof
9. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Gable end studs
Shortened valley rafter
Rafter tables
Level line
10. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Plumb line
Cheek cut
11. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Backing the hip
Cripple jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Hip jack rafter
12. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Intersecting roof
Dropping the hip
Cheek cut
13. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Gables
Rake
Gable end studs
Total run
14. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Butterfly roof
Cheek cut
Rake
Mansard roof
15. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Jack rafter
Cheek cut
Gable end studs
Unit rise
16. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Collar tie
Lateral bracing
Valley rafter
Hip jack rafter
17. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
18. 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.
Gable end
Rake rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Bird's mouth
19. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Lateral bracing
Unit rise
Shortened valley rafter
Total span
20. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Dropping the hip
Unit rise
Pitch
Jack rafter
21. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Rafter tables
Hip rafter
Rake rafter
Collar tie
22. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Gable roof
Gable end
Tail cut
Pitch
23. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Gable end
Supporting valley rafter
Slope
Jack rafter
24. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Line length
Lookout
Gables
Purlin knee wall
25. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Valley rafter
Gables
Tail cut
Hip rafter
26. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Jack rafter
Hip jack rafter
Lookout
Valley
27. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Hip jack rafter
Jack rafter
Mansard roof
Total rise
28. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Minor span
Dropping the hip
Supporting valley rafter
Dormer
29. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Purlin knee wall
Jack rafter
Valley
Valley cripple jack rafter
30. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Lateral bracing
Pitch
Slope
Unit run
31. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Supporting valley rafter
Collar tie
Plumb line
Slope
32. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Major span
Valley
Valley cripple jack rafter
Slope
33. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Hip roof
Soffit
Level line
Pitch
34. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Jack rafter
Level line
Dormer
Valley rafter
35. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Seat cut
Hip roof
Intersecting roof
Unit rise
36. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Valley
Jack rafter
Intersecting roof
Cripple jack rafter
37. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Rake rafter
Hip rafter
Common rafter
Butterfly roof
38. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
shed roof
Total span
Rafter tables
Supporting valley rafter
39. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Collar tie
Jack rafter
Valley jack rafter
Dropping the hip
40. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Valley rafter
Lookout
Backing the hip
Collar tie
41. 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.
Lookout
Ridgeboard
Line length
Gable end studs
42. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Gable end studs
Valley jack rafter
Unit length
Cheek cut
43. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Pitch
Butterfly roof
Jack rafter
shed roof
44. An inverted gable roof.
Butterfly roof
Total span
Bird's mouth
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
45. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Backing the hip
Gables
Unit run
Major span
46. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Unit run
Slope
Gable end studs
Valley jack rafter
47. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit run
Hip roof
Total span
Lateral bracing
48. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Rake
Lateral bracing
shed roof
Valley
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.
Rake
Line length
Level line
Ridgeboard
50. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Valley rafter
Gable roof
Intersecting roof
Gambrel roof