Roof Cricket Vs Roof Saddle

What s a cricket they say so i attempt to explain it as well as i could when the owner gets his ipad out and looks up images for roof cricket.

Roof cricket vs roof saddle.

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. A roof cricket has nothing to do with insects but everything to do with leakproofing around a chimney or similar vertical opening. That way your water tight on that side and still have continuous hip ridge on that outside which is the side most viewable from the ground. You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters.

The pictures he pulled up is what i normally call a saddle behind a chimney for example though i have heard those called crickets as well. The hip ridge detail is simple you weave the ridge cap into the field shingles on the cricket saddle dead valley side probably the first three would do but sometimes four or five are needed. 2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters. Without a cricket or diverter.

When is a cricket or saddle required on a roof. The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof. This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle. You can prevent this from happening by building a roofing cricket sometimes called a saddle.