This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle.
Framing and roof crickets.
This also makes it easier.
Secure the plywood triangles to the roof decking and cricket ridge with galvanized screws.
The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof.
In this example a pitch of 12 12 and 1 1 2 x 5 1 2 rafters are specified.
This is the number which we will use to lay out our rafter for the cricket.
2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters.
Select build roof build roof from the menu and in the build roof dialog specify the pitch framing and any other attributes that you will need for the cricket.
Always frame the cricket at the same pitch as the roof and you will be within code guidelines.
Put metal flashing along the sides of the cricket nailed in place to overlap seams with the roof.
You will need to use compound miter cuts for the cricket rafters.
Do not check build roof planes.