Pardon Me - say there is a cricket in my chimney?

No wonder that non-native speakers of English learn frustrated for the first time you try to understand the English language. A good example of the problem is the "cricket" word. For many people, even those of us spoke in English all my life, the word has two common meanings. The fundamental importance if a reference to a small grasshopper species are insects. The common sense is another very British and refers to a gameon a field with a bat (another word with more than one sense) is that, as in baseball. Well, the fact of the matter is, there is a third important as you learn.

A cricket flashing like a saddle, is a term that roofers and home inspectors permanent position. It is a device that we should stand behind every great fireplace that could block the flow of water runoff from the roof are made. Cricket is a flashing light, usually metal, which not only the flow of water, but all deviationsLeaves and dirt on the sides of the fireplace. As you must have a large fire before it should have a cricket? That is, to some extent a matter of opinion. Many home inspectors suggest that a cricket behind every chimney, that two feet or more, should be installed. other inspectors recommended that a cricket on each stack, which is 30 inches wide and broad to be installed.