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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






16. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






20. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. An inverted gable roof.






33. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.






34. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.






35. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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