How To Build A Roof Cricket Or Saddle

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How to build a roof cricket or saddle.

You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters. See more ideas about roof roofing roof repair. Building a cricket on an existing chimney. A cricket also sometimes called a saddle is basically a small roof built to divert runoff water away from the upper side of a chimney.

You can prevent this from happening by building a roofing cricket sometimes called a saddle. The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always. This is a device that covers the back edge of the chimney forcing the water to flow around the chimney. Without a cricket or diverter water can build up behind the chimney which acts as a dam as water runs down from a peak.

Crickets are also often referred to as saddles in this context. The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof. Roof crickets are found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another. Roof crickets can be covered with metal flashing or with the same material as the rest of the roof.

Article by michael mcvicker. Article about framing a roof saddle or cricket to prevent water leaking where a roof meets a chimney.