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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Part of a common rafter - shortened for framing a hip rafter - a valley rafter - or both.






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






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






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






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






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






30. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






42. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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