Tie it to the cherry picker.
lots of attachments are made to the structure for work support. anchor points for safety lines would too.
Look into getting a set of ladder levelers. They are extension feet that allow the ladder to stand straight even if the ground isn’t level.
If you’re not experienced at the top of very long ladders (once on the roof you have to come down again) don’t be an idiot. Hire someone, and damn the torpedoes.
You’d run through the cost of a hire in less than 15 seconds strapped upside down and staring at the floor in a hospital, your back broken.
OP checking back in here. Wow. Lots of competing advice here. For those of you who are comparing my original question with something you do from a stepladder, you missed one of the key points here. On three sides of my house, it is almost 40 freaking feet to reach my gutters from the ground. No ladder is going to workable Scaffolding makes no freaking sense either.
I’m leaning toward hiring a roofing contractor to do it. I can kill two birds with one stone here, because I also need a vent installed so I can add exhaust fans to the two upstairs bathrooms.
Let’s try this again. I’m going to tell a lie, a truth, a movie review, and professional advice This being the message board with the smartest people on the internet, guess which is which.
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The New Transformers movie sucks ass, with the exception.of the prehistoric Dragon thingie.
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Ten year olds are more than capable of cleaning gutters on low pitched roofs.
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Personal fall protection systems approved by OSHA often include mattresses tied to your back, helium balloons, inflatable bouncy castles, flying monkeys, putting a sheet down on the ground to soften the fall and/or using it as a cape, and that dude that owns Virgin Airlines.
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If you are asking how to not fall off a roof on an internet message board inhabited by fools that think that a boom truck or erecting scaffold are viable solutions to cleaning gutters, DON’T GET ON THE ROOF, FOR THE LOVE OF GOOD JUST DON’T.
If you go to NASA’s website you can plot out when the ISS will pass overhead. Buy a long rope and anchor to the ISS. Voila.
You’re correct about the first part about cleaning the gutters, fisha, but we’re also up there sealing the seams. The six scabs just threw some sealer over the top and it’s not working. The OP needs under and behind the gutters to clean and apply the sealant properly.
I’ve worked off of 40 foot extension ladders before and it takes some getting used to. I just can’t in good conscience recommend that to a typical DIYer.
I understand, and of course this is done. The issue is all the water that lands on the roof is flowing down all along the perimeter of the house, creating something of an aquifer against the foundation. It’s too much water to expect the soil to wick away. What is done is a 4 inch pipe is laid around the foundation and all the downspouts are connected to it, with the outlet below the house (and in urban sitings, into the storm drains).
The system I’ve used in the past for roping off is to first screw a couple big 1/2 inch eye-bolts into either gable end at the peak. Then stretch a heavy 1/2 inch cable between the two. Between your harness and this cable is your lanyard, a special rope that snaps onto the cable and your harness, with a special gizmo that let’s you adjust the distance. You keep it fairly tight so you can work, but if you slip you’ll only go so far. If you go over the edge, you’ll be a few days in the hospital … but that’s better than heading straight for your grave. There might be better ways, but this system got the nod of approval from our local OSHA people.
And old friend of my late father was a painter.
Was.
Fell from a roof.
He lives, but will paint no more, walking with a cane, & with metal plates in his leg.
Do all you can to be safe.
So, you’ve changed your mind about him renting a boom truck?
Don’t give advice about climbing roofs if you don’t do it for a living.
No, just answering the several questions about how a safety harness protects against fall hazard.
I built roofs for a living for many many years, rolling trusses, TJMs and stick framing. I have 10 5-gallon buckets of Henry’s 508 in my shop right now waiting to be applied this summer.
Explain to me again how to properly seal the rain gutters all the way around from on top the roof, especially that part against the facia.
Good plan! I would reccomend this. Make sure he/she is actually licensed and insured. Then sit back and relax knowing that the job will be done well and safely.
I have worked with many roofing contractors. How this job will be done seems to depend on what the contractor doing it is most comfortible with +/or has the equipment for.
WHY for the $150 to service your gutter was cheaper than the $60 ladder rental fee $20 in GeoCel the $120 on the harness and your time. is it worth it leave it to a pro that pays a hugh insurance policy every year so if there is a issue later your covered.
Let me as you no pun intended. Do you even know what under your roof & is it a cedar shake with a lay over is it one of these 1970-1980 homes that they used that 3/8th inch sheathing that you can practiclly fall through and forget if its rotted. do you have any lose shingle that are ready to let go that will help you fall ?
smetimes I dont understand homeowners check Angies list get a licensed insured contractor and tell him to use Geo Cell and you want no leaks and ask for a warranty a goog guy will give you 3-5 years without a question