What are 3 types of rafters?
There are basically seven different types of roof rafter designs used to create a roof: common, hip, hip jack, valley, valley jack, cripple jack and flying hip.
What is a creeper rafter?
Hip rafter – a rafter following the line of the external intersection of two roof surfaces. Hip creeper rafter – a rafter connecting a wall plate and hip. Jack rafter – a rafter that fits against the end of a ridge at the intersection of two hips.
What is the Jack rafter?
Definition of jack rafter : a short rafter: a : one of the shorter rafters used in a hip or valley roof. b : a secondary roof timber (as a common rafter resting on purlins) also : one of the pieces simulating extended rafters under the eaves in some styles of building.
What is the difference between a hip Jack rafter and a common rafter?
COMMON RAFTER: A rafter that runs perpendicular (90°) from the wall plate to the roof ridge when looking straight down at the roof. HIP JACK RAFTER: A rafter that runs from the top of the wall plate to a hip rafter at 90° to the wall plate (see Figures 1, 8 and 14).
What is a barge rafter?
A barge rafter is at the outdoor roof rafter, generally at the overhang of a gable. This ends up being the fascia board for the gable. A barge rafter can be molded or flat. The barge rafter has a completed piece connected that is called the barge fascia. After some time, your barge rafter might need to be replaced.
What is common rafter?
One of a series of rafters of uniform size regularly spaced along the length of a pitched roof, or placed as intermediates between principals, with one end attached to the wall-plate and the other to the opposite common rafter at the ridge. A pair of common rafters is a couple.
What is a hip Jack?
A jack rafter, one end of which terminates at the hip of a roof.
What are hip rafters?
Definition of hip rafter : the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge and forming the angle of a hip roof.
What is a cripple Jack rafter?
(See figures 1, 14 and 15) Cripple Jack Rafter: A rafter that runs from the hip to the valley perpendicular to the ridge. (See figures 1 and 14) Dormer Rafter: A rafter that sets on top of the main roof without cutting into the main roof.
What are fly rafters?
A fly rafter is attached to the overhang of your roof. It extends beyond the end of the rafter, if necessary. Fly rafters help keep the plywood or other type of roof sheathing straight. The size of a fly rafter can vary depending on personal preference, but should be slightly smaller then the regular roof rafters.
What is roof eave?
An eave is the edge of the roof that overhangs the exterior siding. Parts of an eave include the soffit, which is the underside of your roof’s eaves, and the fascia, the vertical facing board.
