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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






4. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.






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






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






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






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






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






10. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.






11. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






12. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.






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






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






15. An inverted gable roof.






16. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.






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






18. The triangular areas formed by the rake rafters and the wall plate at the ends of the building.






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






20. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.






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






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






23. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.






24. 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.






25. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.






26. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.






27. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.






28. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.






34. 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.






35. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Extends from the wall plate to the ridge board - where its run is perpendicular to the plate.






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






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






49. The first and last rafter of a gable roof - usually having a finish or trim applied to it; also called barge or fly rafter.






50. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.