How To Build A Cricket On A Metal Roof

Installing a roof cricket.

How to build a cricket on a metal roof.

Crickets are the whimsical term for little mini roofs that prevent ice and water buildups on the uphill side of a chimney. Below are some pictures of a roof cricket i installed. Add counterflashing on top of that another 90 degree metal strip secured to the masonry and extending down over the top of the base flashing. Roof crickets prevent roof leaks chimneys are notorious for leaking and the culprit is almost always the sheet metal flashing.

Put metal flashing along the sides of the cricket nailed in place to overlap seams with the roof. See more ideas about roof roofing roof repair. Put more flashing up the angled sides along the chimney. Builder erik perkins demonstrates one way to figure and lay out a roof without using m.

When the chimney is at the bottom of a roof slope or has roof sloping into it i always install a cricket. Side view showing how water used to run down this roof and hit the chimney pooling and eventually making its way into the house. How to properly install a metal cricket on a standing seam roof. Simple and old school way to build a roof cricket using a string line.

Both pieces are screwed tot he roof.