4. Equal Slope Gable Roof

The cut on the rafter where it attaches to the ledger is called a plumb cut.

• TRUE

• FALSE

All rafters have a rafter tail.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Pitch is expressed as

• Rise and Run in decimals

• Rise and Run in inches

• Rise and Run in centimeters

• Sticky stuff on a tree

Rise is always expressed as 12"

• TRUE

• FALSE

A plumb cut is a square cut on the rafter.

• TRUE

• FALSE

HAP is measured from top of the plate to the top of the rafter.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The slope is

• slippery

• the length of the rafter per foot of run

• the ratio of rise over run

• the height of a drop

the length of the rafter per foot of run

• unit rafter length

• rafter length united

• the slope

• the total run

Measured perpendicular to the ridge, the ____ is the horizontal distance covered by a pair of common rafters, as measured from outside wall to out­side wall.

• slope

• drop

• span

Total Run is

• a horizontal dimension which is equal to one half the span of an equal slope roof

• a vertical dimension which is equal to one half the span of an equal slope roof