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