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Old 12-06-2007, 06:56 AM
Jerry Peck Jerry Peck is offline
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Re: Skylight installation
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Originally Posted by Scott Patterson View Post
A couple of common things with skylights;
If it is over 30" in width it needs a cricket.
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Originally Posted by Rick Cantrell View Post
Scott
Of course you are correct in saying a cricket is needed if the skylight is => 30".
I've been trying to wrap mu mind around that ... where does it state a skylight wider than 30" needs a cricket?

A skylight is different than a chimney or wall in that the wider a chimney or wall gets, the more water which will build-up and collect on the high side of it, however, with a skylight, before the water builds up to a point where it could overflow its flashing (the reason for the cricket) the water would overflow the skylight itself because the skylight is not that high.

Unless I am missing something.
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