On a sloping roof a small roof for diverting rainwater around an obstruction as a chimney.
													
																	Roof cricket definition. 
									
	
		
	
																	It is usually ornamental but may be used for ventilation. 
																	Dead level a roof or section of roof without any pitch. 
																	They need to be done properly or big problems follow. 
																	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. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	A cricket is generally not required. 
																	Cricket a small peaked saddle constructed on the top of the basic roof and behind the chimney. 
																	A cricket is normally built up of tapered roof insulation prior to the actual application of the waterproofing membrane. 
																	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. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	A roof cricket is a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof. 
																	The roof cricket is normally the same pitch as the rest of the roof but not always. 
																	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 found on the high side of a chimney or when one roof meets another. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	After a roof inspection we saw that this roof cricket wa. 
																	Roof crickets are a problem spot on the roof. 
																	When a roof is generated automatically crickets will not be produced but they can be drawn manually using the roof plane tool.