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