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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. An inverted gable roof.






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. An inverted gable roof.






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






22. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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


28. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Beveling the top edge of a hip rafter to line it up with adjacent roof surfaces.






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






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






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






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






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