working on roofs

[GQuigley67]

what kind of safety measures do you guys have in place for working on roofs ??

 

[SimonG]

I don't do it, doesn't get much safer than that!

 

[mfgs]

I get a roofer in. I have worked on roofs in the past and I hate it.

 

[diamondgas]

Tight sphincter! ...LOL

Truthfully I rarely entertain the thought but have had a couple of w/air ridge tiles to replace.... Ladder and Henwalk is my way. But then i'm old school and think Health and Safety have gone a bit barmie!!!

 

[blayedrunner]

Roofs scare me, only time I go up on one is when I'm doing my part time job as a fire man then I get all the gadgets in the world to do it plus help of 4 other firemen......

 

[REDSAW]

the best safety meassure for roof work is to get a trainee,
if they fall, theres another one available by morning.
if they cause dammage, just pack the gear away and leave them there to sort out their mistake.

labour available on other threads.

 

[quality]

I am not really bothered by heights and can usually sort any roof work myself.

But I detest those small rosemary tiles (as the roofers call them) so I get a roofer in on those jobs because I have done a couple and they have taken me hours, where a roofer is up there less than one hour

 

[mike_s]

We hire cat ladders. We don't go up anything we don't feel safe on or when it's too wet or windy of course.

 

[GQuigley67]

cat ladders ?? the job im pricing at the moment is a vertical flue on a pitched roof 2 stories up, so the arse is flappin, but will need a more experienced head with me on this job so will see what they have to say about it. I don't mind heights or anything like that, I don't really mind working on roofs either but I've fell off a roof before and I don't want to be doing it again 2 stories up !

 

[quality]

Two stories up get a scissor lift and your cat ladder then the job is safe

 

[GQuigley67]

yeah but its more like the house is on the roof and the house has a roof aswell, so if your on the houses roof you fall down onto the roof of the building if you know what i mean lol

 

[quality]

I know what you mean

 

[mfgs]

Just price in a roofer for an hour, thats all it will take them. Get them there when you are ready to do the flue.

 

[GQuigley67]

I go to college with a roofer so will ask him if I get the job

 

[quality]

Just price in a roofer for an hour, thats all it will take them. Get them there when you are ready to do the flue.

They have got to get up there first

 

[stevetheplumber]

all the roofers i kow wont go on to a roof without a scaffold personally i always tie a rope round my neck i dont mind falling but dont want to hit the ground

 

[AWheating]

tie ladder to wall 3/4 up in 2 places, tie cat ladder to ladder, tie yourself to the ladders and dont look down!!

 

[quality]

Yeh good joke noose neck and the rest.

Around my area there are loads of 3 story terrace houses and access can be a real problem.

THE OP must have a genuine concern

 

[GQuigley67]

I seen a guy walking around ontop of a tenement roof, with nothing to stop him falling, he walks walking around casual as all it took was one loose tile and he was a goner. The danger is not that bad on this job, its only a small fall but there is still that chance of falling over the main roof which is a higher drop of course. I was wondering if there is any way of securing yourself to something with a harness ??

 

[GQuigley67]

can't edit so "walks walking" is actually ment to be "was walking"

 

[kirkgas]

Just price in a roofer for an hour, thats all it will take them. Get them there when you are ready to do the flue.

does the roofer have a tardis to get there and back?
do me a favour dont price any gas work for me for 1hr unless its in my own kitchen, book the guy for 3-4hrs he has a living to make, the customer has to understand this and pay the going rate

 

[GasmanxxxR1]

I just use an extension ladder and a roof ladder if its max two storeys and max 45 degree pitch, any more and its scaffolding or roofer or both

 

[mfgs]

does the roofer have a tardis to get there and back?
do me a favour dont price any gas work for me for 1hr unless its in my own kitchen, book the guy for 3-4hrs he has a living to make, the customer has to understand this and pay the going rate

Thats all the roofer I use charges. Hasnt taken him more than an hour to do one for me soo far.

 

[kirkgas]

I just use an extension ladder and a roof ladder if its max two storeys and max 45 degree pitch, any more and its scaffolding or roofer or both

you will still do yourself some serious damage from 2 storeys up, i know a roofer who was about 50 odd when he fell from a 2 storey roof as he turned from the roof edge back onto the ladder so his feet were just above gutter height, he fell straight down, one leg went into the grass and one onto the path, because of the different surfaces the one on the grass sank in and the one one the path completely exploded, EVERY bone broken, he never worked again and can barely walk after about 3 years of operations, he was fully experienced and had worked on 1000's of roofs as a maintenance roofer/tiler, and didnt need a roof ladder on this job as it was only a 2 min repair to repoint a chimney

 

[kirkgas]

Thats all the roofer I use charges. Hasnt taken him more than an hour to do one for me soo far.

fair enough then, just dont see how he makes any money unless he is no more than 1-2 miles from his own place