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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.
Gables
Fascia
Minor span
Shortened valley rafter
2. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Valley
Total run
Cripple jack rafter
Hip roof
3. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Plumb line
Lookout
Valley jack rafter
shed roof
4. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Jack rafter
Total span
Gable end studs
Butterfly roof
5. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Hip rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Jack rafter
6. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
shed roof
Hip rafter
Seat cut
7. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Intersecting roof
Valley
Mansard roof
Hip jack rafter
8. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Hip roof
Common rafter
Lateral bracing
Cripple jack rafter
9. 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.
Rake rafter
Gable end studs
Lateral bracing
Gable end
10. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Mansard roof
Line length
Plumb line
Minor span
11. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Backing the hip
Gable end studs
Level line
Valley
12. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Level line
Lookout
Purlin knee wall
Hip rafter
13. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Rake
Gable end
Shortened valley rafter
Unit rise
14. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Intersecting roof
Lookout
Backing the hip
Major span
15. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Total span
Pitch
Backing the hip
Unit run
16. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Gambrel roof
Unit rise
Gables
Intersecting roof
17. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit length
Gables
Minor span
Gambrel roof
18. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Level line
Valley rafter
Hip roof
Total rise
19. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Valley
Rafter tables
Lateral bracing
Gambrel roof
20. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
21. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Intersecting roof
Gable end studs
Supporting valley rafter
22. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Gable roof
Rake rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Tail cut
23. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.
Cripple jack rafter
Gables
Total rise
Dormer
24. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Dormer
Unit length
Intersecting roof
Gables
25. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Total rise
Pitch
Tail cut
Total span
26. 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.
Minor span
Dropping the hip
Intersecting roof
Unit run
27. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Valley
Fascia
Ridgeboard
Hip jack rafter
28. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Hip jack rafter
Rafter tables
Supporting valley rafter
Valley rafter
29. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Rake
Lookout
Total rise
Common rafter
30. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Butterfly roof
Total run
Valley
Gable roof
31. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Common rafter
Slope
Valley cripple jack rafter
Ridgeboard
32. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Gable end
Bird's mouth
shed roof
Purlin knee wall
33. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Fascia
Mansard roof
Purlin knee wall
Gable end studs
34. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Gable roof
Intersecting roof
Valley
Level line
35. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Rake rafter
Unit run
Tail cut
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
36. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Level line
Common rafter
Valley jack rafter
37. An inverted gable roof.
Gable roof
Line length
Unit run
Butterfly roof
38. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Soffit
Hip rafter
Total span
Shortened valley rafter
39. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Shortened valley rafter
Fascia
Hip jack rafter
Major span
40. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Butterfly roof
Cheek cut
Valley jack rafter
Lookout
41. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Rake
Tail cut
Minor span
Soffit
42. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Jack rafter
Slope
Valley cripple jack rafter
Hip jack rafter
43. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Minor span
Collar tie
Valley rafter
shed roof
44. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Tail cut
Collar tie
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
45. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Rafter tables
Minor span
Seat cut
Gambrel roof
46. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Line length
Gable end studs
Valley cripple jack rafter
Rafter tables
47. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Rafter tables
Total span
shed roof
Ridgeboard
48. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Lookout
Valley cripple jack rafter
Valley rafter
Hip roof
49. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Gables
Unit run
Intersecting roof
Dormer
50. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Valley rafter
Plumb line
Minor span
Plumb line