Scaffold Towers And Roof Repair

So, you can count 3 frisbees, a couple of footballs and a bucket on your roof. Accompanying them are some stray tiles and several are broken. The chimney base flashing is beginning to look its age, which is likely to start letting water in if you don't get it sorted ASAP.

You can't put it off any more, you have to get up on that roof, preferably on a hired roof ladder. Although the Working at Height Regulations was created in 2005 for the construction industry, they provide us DIYers with oodles of common sense for our own projects. Rather than just trying to scrounge a ladder to borrow from someone you know that will reach up to you roof, would nowadays be seen as a great hazard and risk to your safety, this is why there is such a surge in demand for roof ladders and accompanying them, a scaffold tower, these combined maximise your safety.

Roof ladder - how to use

Most hired roof ladders are lightweight and designed specifically to access your roof. They have wheels on one side, load-bearing bars to avoid damaging the roof, and a hook grasp that overlap to the top of the roof..

To position your hired roof ladder safely, standing from the safety of a scaffold tower, slide the ladder up the roof so the wheels are working. When the hook is the far side of your roof's ridge, gently spin it over so the hook-side is facing down the other side of your roof. Another safety check to see if the ladder is ready to use, be sure that you cannot see the hook.

Check Your Access Ladder

Many of the up to date roofing ladders are made of aluminium, meaning they are extremely light a rather strong so they are easy to manoeuvre as opposed to heavy steel ladders, but hiring a scaffold tower will provide you with a safe, stable platform from which to position that ladder. While hired roof ladders have load-bearing bars in place so you don't damage your roof and to provide a little extra grip, and the rungs always have a high-grip design to provide the maximum in safety. However, having a scaffold tower under the eaves is the best way to ensure your safety at height.

Just bear in mind that although modern ladders are generally all around safe, all it takes is one split second to trip or slip can be fatal, so a hired scaffold tower will make any slip just an adrenalin-pumping moment, rather than a life changer as you will just land on the scaffold tower. To prevent damage when you step out onto the roof make sure you wear trainers, not work boots, because they're softer and don't have a hefty grip. They are also better for you to feel the roof and remain safe.

Although it is generally recommended that strolling around on a roof is best avoided, there are times like this when you have no choice.

Walking the Walk

When you are actually walking on the roof away from your hired roof ladder always walk along the bottom three inches of the tiles, where they overlap with those below, this is where the tiles are strongest, it is better to do this as it will do less damage to the roof, and for the obvious safety reasons.

Walk parallel to the ridge, distributing your weight evenly and as softly as possible. When you reach the area you need to work on take a large cut of foam, ideally from an old sofa, which you can use as your base. Using a base will create two major advantages, it will even your weight out across the tiles, this will cause less tiles to crack, also using a base will prevent you from slipping.

With your safety in mind get in touch with a contract hire business that will provide you with the perfect roof ladder and scaffold tower combination, so you can get your roof looking spic-and-span again.

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