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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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


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






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






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






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






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






8. Supporting timbers at which rafters may intersect each other in a gambrel roof.






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






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






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






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






13. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






23. The length of a stair stringer or rafter per unit of run.






24. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






25. The total horizontal distance over which a rafter slopes.






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






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






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






29. Temporary or permanent bracing that runs perpendicular to the braced members.






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






31. The roof of irregular shaped buildings; valleys are formed at the intersection of the roofs.






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






33. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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