Roof Chimney Saddle

Sheridan sheet metal manufactures high quality chimney saddles for homeowners and contractors alike.

Roof chimney saddle.

The large leg of the metal goes on the roof and the smaller leg goes up the chimney or skylight. Chimney saddles protect the critical junction between roof and chimney. Seal the sides of the chimney with prebent pieces of step flashing under each course of shingles photos 4 and 5. Building plans building a house roof design house design garage atelier roof flashing home fix roof repair home repairs.

Article about framing a roof saddle or cricket to prevent water leaking where a roof meets a chimney. Our chimney saddles our custom made in our in house metal fabrication shop so they are tailored perfectly to fit your chimney and roof. The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always. Roof crickets can be covered with metal flashing or with the same material as the rest of the roof.

A miniature roof constructed from aluminum galvanized steel or stainless steel a chimney cricket can be installed on the rear of your chimney. We customize them with the proper angles to fit the unique dimensions of your chimney and pitch of your roof resulting in the maximum effectiveness in diversion of rain melting snow and debris. Roof crickets are found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another. Galvanized steel is a trusted low maintenance product that is known for durability.

Along the edges or closer if necessary to flatten the metal. The gibraltar saddle stock flashing is made from trusted 28 gauge galvanized steel. Saddles are typically installed on the high side of the chimney which is an area that is particularly susceptible to pooling water and piling snow. A saddle roof or saddle also commonly known as a cricket is an angled ridge that works to direct any rain or snow away from and around the chimney stack.

Galvanized roofing nails about every 6 in. With a peak that keeps water and debris away from your chimney this piece of flashing protects your chimney from water leaking into its bricks and mortar. Crickets are also often referred to as saddles in this context. If your chimney is located below the peak of your roof rain water and melting snow will flow down the roof toward the chimney and seep into the joint between the roof and chimney.

Nail it to the roof along the top edge. Building a roof saddle for a chimney to stop roof leaks.