Secure the plywood triangles to the roof decking and cricket ridge with galvanized screws.
Framing and roof crickets.
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.
Here the build roof dialog is being used to set the defaults for manually drawn roof planes.
This also makes it easier.
Install a waterproof membrane over the cricket sides and edges fastened to the cricket with a construction stapler.
This beam will provide the backbone for the cricket or saddle.
Do not check build roof planes.
2x8 sleepers should be nailed to the roof surface to pick up the ends of the rafters.
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.
The cricket or saddle basically rests on top of the house roof to visually extend the porch roof gracefully into the house roof.