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Roof cricket construction.
Install a waterproof membrane over the cricket sides and edges fastened to the cricket with a construction stapler.
Roof crickets can be covered with metal flashing or with the same material as the rest of the roof.
Put metal flashing along the sides of the cricket nailed in place to overlap seams with the roof.
This video will provide you with a detailed drawing along with instructions.
A cricket or saddle is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof around the high side of a chimney or the transition from one roof area to another the cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always.
Roof crickets are found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another.
Simple and old school way to build a roof cricket using a string line.
The functionality of the cricket is determined by the cricket valley slope.
The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always.
Secure the plywood triangles to the roof decking and cricket ridge with galvanized screws.
Depending on the roof surface slope there is an accepted maximum length to width ratio.
A roof cricket is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof.
Cricket panel slope is typically double the roof surface slope.