OSHA rules say you need to put on a harness for any roof work that's over 6' off the ground. You could be perfectly okay one second, but then faint from heat stroke and fall unconscious the next. Or get hit by a sudden gust of wind that knocked you off balance. Harnesses are there to keep you safe all the time, even if they're a bit of an inconvenience sometimes on low sloped roofs. Roofing falls are the most frequent type of workplace fall injury. Don't be a statistic, and promote fall arrest systems for all roofing work.
I used to install leaf filter as a contractor but now im wanting to get into this by myself just to do gutters. Do you have a vid on what to charge for this?
I was hesitant to tackle roof work myself, especially with some dark spots on my ceiling that worried me. I decided to call in the professionals, and Top Hat Chimney & Roofing did a fantastic job. They found and repaired a leak I hadn’t noticed, and their team was friendly, knowledgeable, and efficient. Give them a call if you are near Sugar Land, Texas.
Its called a rope grab, and you have it all wrong. You need to understand the difference between 'fall prevention' and 'fall arrest'. Fall arrest stops you from falling to the ground once you have already fallen, fall prevention stops you from falling in the first place. Your using a fall prevention device and hooking it to a fall arrest point on your harness. You hook the shock absorber lanyard to the front of your harnes on the rescue points and set the rope grab with a figure 8 knot so as you are in no way able to fall. A critical point to note is MOST shock absorber lanyards when deployed are 2m in length, so you need to calculate the max length the lanyard can be by getting the height of the potential fall and then subtract your height so example fall height = 3metres/10feet Your height = 1.8m/8 feet 3m -1.8m=1.2m Thats the distance from your legs to the ground if you fall WITHOUT A SHOCK ABSORBER LANYARD. So if you were using a 2m lanyard you would contact the ground prior to full drployment of your fall arrest device. = EPIC FAIL YOU SHOULD REALLY STOP MAKING VIDEOS ON WORK SAFELY AT HEIGHTS WHEN YOU ARE CLEARLY NOT APPROPRIATELY TRAINED AND DONT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO CORRECTLY
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Awesome video! Thank you. Would you be able to do a video teaching how to install the D ring to the roof in case they do not have one?
Great i had the same thoughts 👍
You should train US Secret Service agents how to climb a steep roof!
Well your work is great but OSHA never gonna be happy , nice 👍 videos
OSHA rules say you need to put on a harness for any roof work that's over 6' off the ground. You could be perfectly okay one second, but then faint from heat stroke and fall unconscious the next. Or get hit by a sudden gust of wind that knocked you off balance. Harnesses are there to keep you safe all the time, even if they're a bit of an inconvenience sometimes on low sloped roofs. Roofing falls are the most frequent type of workplace fall injury. Don't be a statistic, and promote fall arrest systems for all roofing work.
Thought that was Seattle, good job neighbor
Me too
Great video! Where can I get that exact type of roof anchor?
I used to install leaf filter as a contractor but now im wanting to get into this by myself just to do gutters.
Do you have a vid on what to charge for this?
So what would you suggest for roofs that don’t have anchors?
Setup an anchor yourself
Shouldn't you be tied off when installing the roof anchor?
Thank you. This has to be shot in the PNW?
Can you demonstrate how to tie off from the ground as you stated ? Around here there is no already existing roof anchors and I don’t wana install
Just tie off from your truck hitch or something solid
Great
I was hesitant to tackle roof work myself, especially with some dark spots on my ceiling that worried me. I decided to call in the professionals, and Top Hat Chimney & Roofing did a fantastic job. They found and repaired a leak I hadn’t noticed, and their team was friendly, knowledgeable, and efficient. Give them a call if you are near Sugar Land, Texas.
Does installing a roof anchor void wareanty on new build?
At what pitch roof do you opt for a rope & harness?
The only grey area is knowing when and when not to hook up. ?
It is based on rated the pitch of the roof.
Its called a rope grab, and you have it all wrong. You need to understand the difference between 'fall prevention' and 'fall arrest'. Fall arrest stops you from falling to the ground once you have already fallen, fall prevention stops you from falling in the first place. Your using a fall prevention device and hooking it to a fall arrest point on your harness. You hook the shock absorber lanyard to the front of your harnes on the rescue points and set the rope grab with a figure 8 knot so as you are in no way able to fall. A critical point to note is MOST shock absorber lanyards when deployed are 2m in length, so you need to calculate the max length the lanyard can be by getting the height of the potential fall and then subtract your height so example
fall height = 3metres/10feet
Your height = 1.8m/8 feet
3m -1.8m=1.2m
Thats the distance from your legs to the ground if you fall WITHOUT A SHOCK ABSORBER LANYARD. So if you were using a 2m lanyard you would contact the ground prior to full drployment of your fall arrest device. = EPIC FAIL
YOU SHOULD REALLY STOP MAKING VIDEOS ON WORK SAFELY AT HEIGHTS WHEN YOU ARE CLEARLY NOT APPROPRIATELY TRAINED AND DONT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO CORRECTLY
Be quiet nerd
His link to get people to buy his business book explains he is an entrepreneur/self start and probably hasn't been trained.
He's just showing how he does it. Doesn't mean you have to do it that way. Glad you mentioned the name rope grab that'd what I wanted to know. Thanks
Vanz 🙏😎
What is the name of that "contraption" I'm not exactly getting many hits on google. ;)
I got roofing tar on my rope and lanyard, will that make the rope dangerous to use and should I replace it?