Roof framing/Pitch

Hurricane straps and joist hangers are examples of:

• lumber

• bolts

• metal framing anchors

• building materials

An advantage of metal framing anchors is:

• They are more expensive

• They eliminate splitting the boards when nailing them

• They reduce strength

• None of these

The type of framing we learned in class is called ____. The advantage of this method is that you can work from the ground up and stand on the subfloor.

• platform framing

• Balloon framing

• Mechanical framing

• Prefabricated framing

If you use rafters for the roof, they are cut on-site. If you use roof trusses they are built___

• Off-site

• On-site

• Robotically

• None of these

Trusses instead of rafters usually makes construction _____ and may be less expensive.

• slower

• more complicated

• faster

• more dangerous

The unit length of a rafter is measured from the top of the rafter to the edge of the ______

• overhang

• truss

• sole plate of the wall.

• top plate of the wall.

The total length of the rafter = the unit length plus the length of the ____

• truss

• tail (AKA overhang)

• cripple stud

• sill plate

A method of laying out the cuts on a rafter is the:

• stepping method

• The hypotenuse method

• The combination method

• The mayonnaise method

____ are charts printed on the framing square that can be used to help lay out the unit length and angles of a rafter.

• Rafter tables

• Speed squares

• Pythagorean Theorem

• Slope measurements

The __ of a board is a bend in it that happens after it is cut.

• angle

• load rating

• crown

• twist