Roof Chimney Flashing Cricket

Any chimney wider than 30 in.

Roof chimney flashing cricket. Installing a roof cricket. Step flashing is narrow strips of flashing designed to be. Fits residential chimneys up to 32 in. Steel chimney flashing kit 28 gauge galvanized steel construction.

Now images of specifications for a chimney head flashing are hard to find for some reason they always like to show a cricket behind the upper side of a chimney. Roof crickets can be covered with metal flashing or with the same material as the rest of the roof. Debris builds up behind that dam and holds moisture which leads to rusted flashing and wood rot. This head flashing view from lower on the roof shows it extending beyond the width of the chimney and diverting the runoff around the edges of the masonry chimney.

See more ideas about roof roofing roof repair. This way you can get the precise fit fr your chimney or skylight every time. When the chimney is at the bottom of a roof slope we always install a cricket a small diversion roof that prevents water from pounding the up roof part of the chimney. Jun 15 2017 explore anibal carbonell s board roof cricket on pinterest.

When the chimney is at the bottom of a roof slope or has roof. We frame and sheathe crickets just like the rest of the roof and then completely cover them with a modified bitumen membrane which is folded up under the chimney flashing. A do it yourself video detailing step by step how to flash a chimney with our metal roofing chimney kit. Install step flashing along the back edge of the chimney by driving galvanized roofing nails through the flashing and into the cricket.

Needs a cricket or saddle basically a small roof built behind the chimney. A well flashed joint with a cricket from riverside is key in avoiding any problems. Riverside custom fabricates all crickets sold. A wide chimney forms a dam on your roof.

Use to protect roof from weather damage. Crickets are also often referred to as saddles in this context. The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always. Thd sku 734985.