I posted a Q here aboiut a mission tile roof, and this is related. There is a chimney on the outside wall, and it’s about 24″ deep and 48″ wide, maybe 60″ wide. There is no cricket at all … the water runs down the tiles and right into the wide side of the chimney. Is there a practical way to install a cricket to help divert the water?
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I know nothing about tile, but thought I'd put in my two cents and see what others say--since you have tile there, could you make a trough of tile on the upside of the chimney to divert the water to each side?
yeah, sort of. I could do that with galvanized flashing too. But the problem is sealing it so water doesn't get under it.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
I've built a number of crickets in my younger days when roofs didn't scare me, but they all required removing enough of the roofing to build and flash the cricket. I've never done a tile roof, so I don't know how hard it will be to remove some of the tiles.
I've done a couple of slate rooks, and you can use a slate ripper to slide up and hook the nails to remove the slates.
However you end up doing the job, I would run some Ice & Water on the roof and up the chimney, and flash over that before replacing any tiles.
Ed,
There's really no other way to install the cricket without removing the tiles. I would figure out the pitch of the roof and then build the cricket on the ground first and then take the tiles off and bring the cricket up and nail it in.
Building it on the ground first before you rip the tile off saves you a lot of time for leaving the roof exposed.
Joe Carola
The problem with adding a cricket to an existing tile roof ( I'm not saying it's not a good idea ) is that the closures (bird guards) for the bottom of the tile behind the chimney are for straight cuts. When you install a cricket, you create two valleys and the course closures don't fit. They can be fabricated out of sheet metal ( copper of course ), but this installation is a little fiddlier a than with most other roof materials. You also need to cut the tiles to fit and have to hang the highest course you removed under the last course of undisturbed tiles.
I invented fiddly.