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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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


4. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.






5. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.






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






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






8. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






14. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.






15. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






17. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.






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






19. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The width of the larger portion of a building.






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


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






32. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.






33. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






39. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.






48. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.






49. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.






50. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.