Putting A Ladder On A Roof

To safely put the roof ladder into position.

Putting a ladder on a roof.

Indeed when you first think of it sounds like a hard thing to put a ladder safely on a sloped roof and it is hard to do it. Raise the ladder s fly section by pulling the rope until the top three rungs or 3 feet are extending above the edge of the roof. This article is here to help. Hammer in the roof boot with long nails and attach to the bottom rung of the ladder.

The ladder will be slanted and it will increase the risk of slipping or even falling off. To protect your asphalt roof avoid putting the metal sides of a ladder down on the roof surface without protecting the shingles. First if using an adjustable length roof ladder make sure it is the right length before taking it up the leaning ladder. Your ladder should be 1 meter out for every 4 meters up and the ladder legs will create a 75 degree angle with the garage roof or first story roof.

Hook the fly locks over two ladder rungs to secure the section. Set up the ladder by following the angle rule or 4 1 rule. As you climb the leaning ladder take hold of the roof ladder near the top ideally by the second or third rungs where it feels well balanced. A roof boot is a metal tool that you drill into the roof that works as a stopper for the base of a ladder.

You can t just follow the same process you employ to place a ladder on a normal roof. The steepness of the roof will make it hard for a ladder to stay straight and work on it but not impossible.