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