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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. 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.






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

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






4. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






7. An inverted gable roof.






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

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






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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