Roof crickets can be covered with metal flashing or with the same material as the rest of the roof.
How to build a roof cricket or saddle.
This is a device that covers the back edge of the chimney forcing the water to flow around the chimney.
This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or 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.
Article about framing a roof saddle or cricket to prevent water leaking where a roof meets a chimney.
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2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters.
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Roof crickets are found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another.
Building a cricket on an existing chimney.
Crickets are also often referred to as saddles in this context.
You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters.
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Without a cricket or diverter water can build up behind the chimney which acts as a dam as water runs down from a peak.