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