How To Build A Chimney Cricket. Simple and old school way to build a roof cricket using a string line. In building codes that require chimney crickets there is typically an exception.
Without a cricket or diverter water can build up behind the chimney which acts as a dam as water runs down from a peak. Crickets are also often referred to as saddles in this context. 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 higher your saddle must extend the steeper its.
How to make a roofing cricket. I ve never had a cricket made for a specific job just make then as needed out of wood and shingle them in. If your chimney is located below the. In building codes that require chimney crickets there is typically an exception.
