Roof Cricket Vs Roof Saddle

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.

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. The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof. This is a device that covers the back edge of the chimney forcing the water to flow around the chimney. Without a cricket or diverter.

You can prevent this from happening by building a roofing cricket sometimes called a saddle. This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle. You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters. A roof cricket has nothing to do with insects but everything to do with leakproofing around a chimney or similar vertical opening.

When is a cricket or saddle required on a roof. 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. Nothing and i look like an idiot. 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.