| 1. covering
| a) a thin timber board that is fixed to the end of rafters or roof joints to support the gutters
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| 2. eaves
| b) a short rafter that spans the hip and eaves or valley and ridge
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| 3. fall
| c) the horizontal board that can be fixed to finish the roof structure at the eaves
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| 4. fascia
| d) it can be: a) a horizontal timber member that provides support to the rafters; b) a timber member spanning between roof trusses that supports roof sheets
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| 5. hip
| e) the horizontal distance between the supports of structural members such as the rafters
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| 6. jack rafter
| f) the timber member fixed to the top of a wall to secure a flat roof joist or rafter
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| 7. pitch
| g) the timber member that spans from the eaves to the ridge in a pitched roof
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| 8. purlin
| h) a timber at the apex of the roof that takes the tops of the rafters
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| 9. rafter
| i) the bottom end of the roof where it meets the wall
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| 10. ridge
| j) the point where two inclined roof surfaces meet over an internal angle
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| 11. ridge tile
| k) the external material that is laid over the roof structure to protect the inside of the building
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| 12. soffit
| l) the edge of a roof that meets a gable wall
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| 13. span
| m) a tile that caps the top of the roof
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| 14. valley
| n) the angle formed by the slope of the roof
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| 15. verge
| o) the slope required on flat roofs for water run-off
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| 16. wall plate
| p) the point where two inclined roof surfaces meet over an external angle
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