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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






3. An inverted gable roof.






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






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

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






7. The length of a rafter along a measuring line without consideration to the width or thickness of the rafter.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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. The intersection of two roof slopes at interior corners.






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






20. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. Any line on the rafter that is vertical when the rafter is in position.






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






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






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






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






32. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Extends diagonally from the corner of the plate to the ridge at the intersection of two surfaces of a hip roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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