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