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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Common rafter
Hip roof
Dropping the hip
Bird's mouth
2. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit run
Backing the hip
Seat cut
Dormer
3. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Tail cut
Valley jack rafter
Total span
Valley rafter
4. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Fascia
Dropping the hip
Hip jack rafter
Gable end
5. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Supporting valley rafter
Valley jack rafter
Minor span
Cheek cut
6. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Fascia
Gable end studs
Pitch
Gable end
7. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Gable roof
Valley cripple jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Rake
8. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Gambrel roof
Minor span
Purlin knee wall
Level line
9. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.
Rake rafter
Minor span
shed roof
Hip rafter
10. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Total span
Fascia
Rafter tables
Total run
11. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Unit rise
Dormer
Gable end studs
Cripple jack rafter
12. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Gables
Supporting valley rafter
Unit length
Backing the hip
13. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Level line
Jack rafter
Plumb line
Soffit
14. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Valley rafter
Gables
Fascia
Gable end
15. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Plumb line
Valley cripple jack rafter
Lateral bracing
Line length
16. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Level line
Cripple jack rafter
Rake
Gable end studs
17. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Slope
Rafter tables
Level line
Tail cut
18. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Hip roof
Common rafter
Intersecting roof
Bird's mouth
19. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Hip roof
Gable end studs
Backing the hip
Major span
20. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Plumb line
Intersecting roof
Purlin knee wall
Plumb line
21. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Gable roof
Shortened valley rafter
Collar tie
Butterfly roof
22. 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
Valley rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Slope
23. A valley rafter that runs from the plate to the supporting valley rafter.
Total span
Level line
Shortened valley rafter
Valley jack rafter
24. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
Rake rafter
Cheek cut
Backing the hip
Intersecting roof
25. A horizontal distance of a stair tread or horizontal segment of the total run of a rafter.
Unit run
Hip roof
shed roof
Hip jack rafter
26. 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
Valley jack rafter
Mansard roof
Plumb line
27. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Lookout
Backing the hip
Valley cripple jack rafter
Total span
28. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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29. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Rafter tables
Seat cut
Purlin knee wall
Minor span
30. 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.
Mansard roof
Level line
Gable end studs
Gable end
31. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Plumb line
Gable roof
Lookout
Mansard roof
32. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Line length
Rake
Plumb line
Total run
33. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Dormer
Soffit
Minor span
Valley rafter
34. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Supporting valley rafter
Butterfly roof
Intersecting roof
Gable roof
35. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Gable end studs
Ridgeboard
Cripple jack rafter
Gables
36. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Gable end
Dormer
Gable end studs
Backing the hip
37. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Gable end studs
Tail cut
Total rise
Unit rise
38. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Fascia
Dormer
Unit rise
Dormer
39. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.
Pitch
Hip roof
Common rafter
Total run
40. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Gable end studs
Line length
Purlin knee wall
Lookout
41. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Seat cut
Collar tie
Unit length
Valley jack rafter
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.
Jack rafter
Gable end
Mansard roof
Backing the hip
43. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Valley
shed roof
Pitch
Backing the hip
44. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Hip jack rafter
Cheek cut
Jack rafter
Seat cut
45. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Mansard roof
Soffit
Lookout
Purlin knee wall
46. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.
shed roof
Hip jack rafter
Backing the hip
Purlin knee wall
47. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Pitch
Shortened valley rafter
Valley rafter
Valley cripple jack rafter
48. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Jack rafter
Level line
Dormer
Soffit
49. An inverted gable roof.
Butterfly roof
Major span
Ridgeboard
Lateral bracing
50. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Pitch
Jack rafter
Fascia
Rafter tables