How To Build A Roof Cricket Or Saddle

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How to build a roof cricket or saddle.

Building plans building a house roof design house design garage atelier roof flashing home fix roof repair home repairs. Building a cricket on an existing chimney. Article by michael mcvicker. Crickets are also often referred to as saddles in this context.

Roof crickets can be covered with metal flashing or with the same material as the rest of the roof. This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle. The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always. 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.

The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof. Without a cricket or diverter water can build up behind the chimney which acts as a dam as water runs down from a peak. 2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters. You can prevent this from happening by building a roofing cricket sometimes called a saddle.

This is a device that covers the back edge of the chimney forcing the water to flow around the chimney. Roof crickets are found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another.