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.

This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle. 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. 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. When is a cricket or saddle required on a roof.

Without a cricket or diverter. 2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters. You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters. You can prevent this from happening by building a roofing cricket sometimes called a saddle.

A roof cricket has nothing to do with insects but everything to do with leakproofing around a chimney or similar vertical opening. Nothing and i look like an idiot. This is a device that covers the back edge of the chimney forcing the water to flow around the chimney. Thursday september 12 2019 according to the residential edition of the florida building code r903 2 2 and the international building code ibc the high side of any chimney or other roof penetration that is more than 30 inches wide requires a cricket or saddle.