Roof safety, permanent tie points, fall harness's etc

[chainsaw_louie]

Hi All,

Several times a year,  I need to go up on the roof of buildings I own: chimney cleaning, gutter cleaning,  moss removal , inspection, repair etc.

Up till now I have always gone up on the roofs without any safety gear, but now I'm determined to work safer.

To allow end to end access on a simple, single pitched roof,  two anchor points with a stainless steel cable between them that I clip onto might work. 

Does anyone else use a fall harness when up on the roof ?   Got any suggestions for good permanent anchor points or harness's ?

Thanks !

[Magicman]

If you throw the rope over the roof peak and tie it to the truck's hitch, be certain that the truck keys are in your pocket. 

[chainsaw_louie]

Both sets !

[Magicman]

As funny or not that it sounds, I personally knew a guy that did that and his wife cranked up.  He went over the rooftop and onto the ground in front of the house before he could get her stopped.  Nothing broke but he was bruised and whatever else.....

[Ron Scott]

Working on roofs gets much more difficult and hazardous as one ages. Best to leave it to the younger pros when the body tells one to do so.

I have seen roofers tie themselves in with a safety harness and also wear a special soled footwear that helps their footing for walking on roofs.

[gspren]

About 3 weeks ago I suffered an injury replacing the shingles on my 2 1/2 story home in Delaware. I never left the ground or touched a shingle but got some sunburn sitting in a lawn chair and watching. My checking account was also bruised.

[Nebraska]

Funny I have a shingle job I have been avoiding for a year til my knee was fixed. It's a little shed roof maybe a square and a half. That will likely be the last one I do. 

[Ed_K]

Couple yrs ago we needed to paint the sun side of our log cabin roof. I used my climbing belt to get up on the roof with a rope tied to me and the garden tractor. Rita moved the tractor as I needed to move up and down an sideways. This worked good but holding onto the pressure washer hose wasn't. When it came time to paint we used the 10' folding ladder on the deck, that was much easier.