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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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