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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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






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