Sill Plate Requirement

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Synonymous terms
We often called the upper top plate the "framer's plate" since the framer cut it to length in production framing while the plater cuts the lower top plate to length.
Fly rafter / barge rafter
Rimboard / Bandboard / Header Joist (or band) rim joist
Sole plate / Bottom Plate
Seat cut / Level Cut/ bird's mouth
HAP / heal height / stand / throat
Trimmer stud / jack stud or jack/ trimmer
Stay board / Strip plate / Rat Run I don't know what any of these refer to
Hog Trough / Strong back
Facia / Gutter board / Soffit board / Rake board (located at gables)
Return / Verge board
Stop board / toe board


Chipboard, wafterboard and OSB are sometimes used interchangeably however this is not corrected. Chip and waferboards were the predecesor to OSB which has more resins in same. Chip and waferboard gave OSB a bad name for awhile.

King rafter and hip rafter have been used erroneously
King rafters are the end rafters that support a ridge of a hip roof. We called it the "king common" since it's longer than a common rafter by half the thickness of the ridge. We all liked that name since it sounded like "King Kong".

I am sure the list can go on and on

Larry, we just called that plate "the plate"