How To Get On Your Roof Without A Ladder

Instead hold onto the ladder with both hands and step around the ladder and onto the roof.

How to get on your roof without a ladder.

Roofing contractor and american ladder institute. If you need to go up on the roof with anything heavy make sure your ladder can handle the weight. Residential roofers will most often use a combination of different ladders to install shingles or complete other roofing tasks. Never step up and over the top of the ladder.

Remember it should extend at least 3 feet above the roof s edge. Caulking you can spot the caulking from ground level so look for gaps and cracks where the caulking is starting to fracture. How to inspect your roof without ladder by dale baldwin june 5 1988. Look for shingle damage your shingles can be damaged by strong winds and hail.

It tells you the maximum weight that ladder can support. If you see some shingles starting to come undone one after the other it might be time to get a new roof. I love to stargaze and i can t do it from the ground because there s to much blocking it the ladder is locked in the garage and i don t have a key. Check the sticker for load capacity.

Roofers will usually use an extension ladder to gain access to the roof and a second extension ladder with wheels and hooks to secure it to the ridge of the roof to complete the work from the roof. When you get off the roof take the same approach holding onto the ladder and stepping around it instead of over the top. Eric trying to get on the roof without a ladderr. How to safely get on my roof without a ladder.