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Carpentry Roof Framing Vocab

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1. 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.






2. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. An inverted gable roof.






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






12. A rafter running between two valley rafters.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The horizontal distance covered by a roof.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A structure that projects out from a sloping roof to form another roofed area to provide a surface for the installation of windows.






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






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






48. 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.






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






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