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DALLAS–FORT WORTH CHIMNEY CRICKET
On the uphill side of a wide chimney, rain and leaves collect against the brick and sit there. I photograph what your roof is doing, show you whether a cricket is the right fix, and write the estimate before anything starts.
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On a sloped roof, everything coming down the slope — rain, leaves, pine needles, hail — hits the back wall of the chimney and stops there. Water sits, debris packs in, and sooner or later it finds its way under the flashing and into the ceiling below. A cricket is a small framed ridge built behind the chimney that splits all of it and sends it around both sides. On a wide chimney it is not optional; the building code calls for one once the back wall is 30 inches or wider. If you have a stain on the ceiling near the chimney and no cricket on the roof, this is usually why.
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It is a small peaked structure built on the uphill side of the chimney so water and debris split and run around it instead of piling against the brick. Whether yours needs one depends on how wide the chimney is, the pitch of the roof, and what is actually collecting back there. I photograph that side and show you before I recommend it.
A cricket handles water that collects and sits on the uphill side of the chimney. Water can also get in at the flashing, the crown, the cap or the masonry itself, and those are separate problems with separate fixes. I photograph what I find first, and I will tell you plainly if I do not think a cricket is your answer.
Yes. The shingles in that section are opened up, the cricket is framed and covered, the flashing is tied back in, and the roofing is laid back over it. I take photos of that area before and after, so you can see what was done up there without climbing the roof yourself.
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