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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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






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






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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.






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






21. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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 amount a stair or rafter rises per unit of run.






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






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






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






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






28. A vertical member of the cornice finish installed on the tail end of rafters.






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






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






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






32. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






33. A short rafter running parallel to common rafters - cut between hip and valley rafters.






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






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






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






37. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






39. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.






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






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






42. A type of roof that slopes in one direction only.






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






44. 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.






45. An inverted gable roof.






46. Information found printed on the body of a framing square; used to calculate the lengths of various components of a roof system.






47. A roof that slopes upward toward the ridge from four directions.






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






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






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