Crickets are also often referred to as saddles in this context.
Roof crickets and saddles.
Skylights installed per code are the only exception.
Installing a roof cricket.
2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters.
Roof crickets can be covered with metal flashing or 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.
The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always.
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The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof.
Smaller crickets are covered with metal flashing and larger ones can be covered with the same material as the rest of the roof.
A roof cricket is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof.