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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Valley rafter
Common rafter
Rafter tables
Gables
2. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Unit rise
Unit length
Unit rise
Tail cut
3. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.
Seat cut
Total span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Unit length
4. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Hip rafter
Dormer
Common rafter
Mansard roof
5. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Gambrel roof
Minor span
Purlin knee wall
Seat cut
6. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.
Valley rafter
Jack rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Rafter tables
7. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Butterfly roof
Cheek cut
Common rafter
Bird's mouth
8. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Gambrel roof
Rake
Collar tie
Butterfly roof
9. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Cripple jack rafter
Minor span
Total span
Shortened valley rafter
10. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Soffit
Butterfly roof
Minor span
Hip roof
11. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Tail cut
Minor span
Slope
Lateral bracing
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.
Cheek cut
Pitch
Ridgeboard
Level line
13. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Supporting valley rafter
Collar tie
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Level line
14. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Jack rafter
Supporting valley rafter
Shortened valley rafter
Total run
15. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
shed roof
Bird's mouth
Tail cut
Fascia
16. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Gables
Shortened valley rafter
Mansard roof
Butterfly roof
17. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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18. The sloping portion of the gable ends of a building.
Valley jack rafter
Purlin knee wall
Rake
Hip jack rafter
19. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Plumb line
Hip rafter
Soffit
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
20. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Valley
Valley cripple jack rafter
Rake rafter
Dormer
21. The vertical distance that the roof rises from plate to ridge.
Lateral bracing
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Hip rafter
Total rise
22. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Lateral bracing
Line length
Hip roof
Total span
23. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Slope
Purlin knee wall
Total span
Hip rafter
24. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Soffit
Cripple jack rafter
Total rise
Dormer
25. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Intersecting roof
Gable end
Butterfly roof
Hip roof
26. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Lookout
Unit length
Plumb line
Gables
27. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Tail cut
Hip jack rafter
Slope
Plumb line
28. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Slope
Gable roof
Common rafter
Soffit
29. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Plumb line
Dormer
Gable roof
Total span
30. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Gambrel roof
Cripple jack rafter
Major span
Jack rafter
31. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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32. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Ridgeboard
Lateral bracing
Pitch
Plumb line
33. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Lookout
Rake
Mansard roof
Cheek cut
34. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gables
Unit length
Hip rafter
35. Width of the smaller portion of a building with six or eight corners.
Shortened valley rafter
Minor span
Bird's mouth
Valley jack rafter
36. An inverted gable roof.
Butterfly roof
Rake
Total span
Soffit
37. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Unit run
shed roof
Gable roof
Fascia
38. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Gable roof
Total run
Supporting valley rafter
Rafter tables
39. A type of roof that has two different pitches on all sides of the building - with the lower slopes steeper than the upper.
Soffit
shed roof
Mansard roof
Dropping the hip
40. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Valley
Mansard roof
Valley rafter
Hip rafter
41. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Valley
Slope
Lateral bracing
Slope
42. 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
Gambrel roof
Common rafter
shed roof
43. Studs that form the wall closing in the triangular area under a gable roof.
Gambrel roof
Gable end studs
Lateral bracing
Backing the hip
44. A horizontal member placed close to the ridge at right angles to the plate.
Major span
Collar tie
Jack rafter
Seat cut
45. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Valley rafter
Butterfly roof
Rake
Common rafter
46. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Valley jack rafter
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Backing the hip
Valley cripple jack rafter
47. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Gambrel roof
Collar tie
Gable roof
Lateral bracing
48. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Total rise
Line length
Total span
49. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Valley rafter
Purlin knee wall
Plumb line
Level line
50. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Rafter tables
Total run
Gable end studs
Line length