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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab
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1. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.
Slope
Rake rafter
Lookout
Fascia
2. 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.
Rake
Total rise
Intersecting roof
Dropping the hip
3. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.
Collar tie
Unit length
Total span
Unit run
4. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Slope
Unit length
Hip rafter
Hip rafter
5. 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.
Gable end
Seat cut
Rake rafter
Fascia
6. A cut on the rafter that is a combination of a level cut and a plumb cut; also called the bird's mouth.
Seat cut
Unit length
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Dormer
7. 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.
Collar tie
Dropping the hip
Seat cut
Common rafter
8. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Tail cut
Hip jack rafter
Hip rafter
Cripple jack rafter
9. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.
Tail cut
Valley
Gable roof
Lateral bracing
10. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.
Ridgeboard
Gambrel roof
Major span
Unit length
11. A type of roof that pitches in two directions.
Gable roof
Pitch
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Gables
12. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Plumb line
Line length
Intersecting roof
Valley cripple jack rafter
13. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Mansard roof
Valley rafter
Jack rafter
Rake rafter
14. Any line on the rafter that is horizontal when the rafter is in position.
Rafter tables
Level line
Gables
Gable end
15. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.
Backing the hip
Dormer
Total span
Lookout
16. 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.
Ridgeboard
Mansard roof
Hip roof
Line length
17. Term used to indicate the steepness of a roof; stated as unit rise on unit run - e.g. - 6 on 12.
Slope
Jack rafter
Major span
Butterfly roof
18. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.
Valley
Rafter tables
Seat cut
Cripple jack rafter
19. A rafter running between a valley rafter and the ridge.
Valley jack rafter
Rake
Tail cut
Tail cut
20. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Pitch
Rake rafter
Line length
Rafter tables
21. A common rafter cut shorter that does not contact either a top plate or a ridge.
Cripple jack rafter
Gambrel roof
Fascia
Mansard roof
22. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.
Soffit
Gables
Seat cut
Rafter tables
23. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.
Supporting valley rafter
Total run
Valley
Pitch
24. 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
Plumb line
Dormer
Hip roof
25. An inverted gable roof.
Hip rafter
Butterfly roof
Valley jack rafter
Hip jack rafter
26. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.
Unit length
Hip roof
Lateral bracing
Level line
27. A rafter that runs from the plate to the ridge of the main roof.
Common rafter
Level line
Supporting valley rafter
Gable roof
28. A rafter running between two valley rafters.
Valley cripple jack rafter
Bird's mouth
Rake
Supporting valley rafter
29. The underside trim members of a cornice or any such overhanging assembly.
Lateral bracing
Fascia
Soffit
Valley jack rafter
30. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Gable roof
Backing the hip
Cheek cut
Total run
31. The amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.
Unit rise
Minor span
Plumb line
Mansard roof
32. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Tail cut
Level line
Total rise
shed roof
33. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.
Intersecting roof
Gable end
Line length
Ridgeboard
34. A type of roof that has two slopes of different pitches on each side of center.
Intersecting roof
shed roof
Gambrel roof
Rake rafter
35. Horizontal framing pieces in a cornice - installed to provide fastening for the soffit.
Hip rafter
Minor span
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Lookout
36. The rafter placed at the intersection of two roof slopes in interior corners.
Rake rafter
Valley rafter
Dropping the hip
Ridgeboard
37. A shortened common rafter that spans from the wall plate to a hip rafter.
Supporting valley rafter
Hip jack rafter
Cheek cut
Butterfly roof
38. The amount of slope to a roof expressed as ratio of the total rise to the span.
Pitch
Dormer
Dropping the hip
Intersecting roof
39. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Valley jack rafter
Unit rise
Gable roof
Purlin knee wall
40. A cut on the extreme lower end of a rafter.
Backing the hip
Total run
Valley cripple jack rafter
Tail cut
41. A notch cut in the underside of a rafter to fit on top of the wall plate.
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42. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.
Rake
Hip roof
Gambrel roof
shed roof
43. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.
Lookout
Purlin knee wall
Gambrel roof
Valley jack rafter
44. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.
Hip rafter
Rake
Fascia
Unit run
45. A compound miter cut on the end of certain roof rafters.
Cheek cut
Lateral bracing
Lookout
Jack rafter
46. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.
Collar tie
Plumb line
Hip-valley cripple jack rafter
Jack rafter
47. 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
Plumb line
Gable roof
Level line
48. The width of the larger portion of a building.
Cripple jack rafter
Major span
Valley rafter
Rake rafter
49. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.
Lookout
Common rafter
Tail cut
Intersecting roof
50. An inverted gable roof.
Butterfly roof
Jack rafter
Mansard roof
Unit run