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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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