Roof Cricket Definition

A roof cricket is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof.

Roof cricket definition.

Roof crickets are found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another. When a roof is generated automatically crickets will not be produced but they can be drawn manually using the roof plane tool. Cupola a structure rising above the main roof. 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.

Dead level a roof or section of roof without any pitch. A cricket is a built up area on a roof or other drainable surface that will force the water from accumulating in difficult draining areas of the roof or other draining surface. 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 a problem spot on the roof.

A cricket is normally built up of tapered roof insulation prior to the actual application of the waterproofing membrane. It is usually ornamental but may be used for ventilation. The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always. Roof crickets sometimes called saddles are raised roof planes built to divert water or snow.

An elevated roof substrate or structure constructed to divert water around a chimney curb away from a wall expansion joint or other projection penetration. Cricket a small peaked saddle constructed on the top of the basic roof and behind the chimney. On a sloping roof a small roof for diverting rainwater around an obstruction as a chimney.