How to properly install a metal cricket on a standing seam roof.
Images of a roof cricket for a metal roof.
A well flashed joint with a cricket from riverside is key in avoiding any problems.
Cricket width points c to d generally the shorter of the 2 cross sections.
Side view showing how water used to run down this roof and hit the chimney pooling and eventually making its way into the house.
Both pieces are screwed tot he roof.
In a perfect world a standing seam metal roof would have zero penetrations from the roof eve to the roof ridge.
Riverside custom fabricates all crickets sold.
Cricket length points a to b generally the longer of the 2 cross sections.
Refer to the rain carrying table in this booklet for the maximum allowable panel length per slope that will provide adequate drainage.
Roof pitch the metal roofing panels shown in this manual require a mini mum slope of 2 per foot to ensure proper drainage.
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.
Put more flashing up the angled sides along the chimney.
With the wall still selected use its edit handles to move it the desired distance from the eaves of the roof cricket.
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Cricket panel slope the slope of the cricket panel.
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Below are some pictures of a roof cricket i installed.
But these long metal field runs used in lateral series are rarely unbroken.
On the roof panel of the wall specification dialog check the box beside roof cuts wall at bottom and click ok.
For longer slopes and lower roof pitches contact fabral for other suitable profiles.
Installing a roof cricket.
Create a 3d view to see the results.
On metal roofs square ducts skylights large round pipes expansion joints parapet walls flashing dissimilar roofing materials and profiles all pose.
Put metal flashing along the sides of the cricket nailed in place to overlap seams with the roof.
3 4 plywood that extends to the edge of the chimney is installed secured to the horizontal 2 4 ridge and along the roofs edge with screws.
Roof crickets prevent roof leaks chimneys are notorious for leaking and the culprit is almost always the sheet metal flashing.
Crickets are the whimsical term for little mini roofs that prevent ice and water buildups on the uphill side of a chimney.
When the chimney is at the bottom of a roof slope or has roof sloping into it i always install a cricket.
