Roof Crickets And Saddles

Skylights installed per code are the only exception.

Roof crickets and saddles.

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. Roof crickets are found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another. 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 can be covered with metal flashing or with the same material as the rest of the roof.

Installing a roof cricket. The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof. A roof cricket is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof. Smaller crickets are covered with metal flashing and larger ones can be covered with the same material as the rest of the roof.

This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle. You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters. Here s the code citation.