Thanks, Elvis, you have surely saved from serious injury or worse. I just bought my first house and am concerned about things I never thought twice about. My little ladder was enough to get me up high enough to see the lower gutters, so I priced extension ladders at Home Depot and realized I was at a loss as far as what I need. You answered that question, too, with your ladder safety video. Thank you again, I'm very appreciative.
I know a lot of dudes are posting negative comments and I do notice his relaxed demeanor. But I would bet money this guys is still alive and hasn’t fallen off the roof. Not the most perfect method but if you do at least that every time you won’t fall off. And he most likely walked up one of the hips to get to the ridge or a valley in seen in the video. Good job dude!
Holding onto a rope with your hands rather than being tied back with a harness defeats the entire point of this otherwise useful video. Put your harness on dude!
The amount of people who walk on roofs without any type of rope or even proper foot wear is appealing. He has the right footwear, tied of somewhat efficiently and has experience on roofs. He's fine.
For all you home owners, when you want to clean your gutters, drive 4 nails in your roof. Not only in the plywood decking, but be sure you penetrate the trusses, or... You could rip your vents off. Good luck getting them back in without a roofer, and oh yeah, don't forget to throw the trash in the attic... Thanks, Elvis.
There is no way as a nearly 200 pound guy I’m trusting 4 spikes to hold me to the roof, and the pulling a vent is a total joke. Might as well just saved the trouble and hired the roofer that’s going to be paid to fix the mess you make doing that to clean the gutters for you...
Being this guy... Making a safety video about Roofing and the first thing he does is put a bunch of holes in the ridge, and then precedes to drag around haphazardly and almost trip over the safety catch the Rope was designed to be used with. 100% great job.
Thanks for the hand tips, Elvis. I also got much from your ladder safety video. I'm sure that rope is tied off to your fall-arrest harness during your normal roof operations. But home owners watching this video might get the wrong impression they need only hold onto the rope, as you did while checking the gutters. Mike, Scarb., ON
I was a blue-eyed blonde and spent most of my life outdoors. I hope Elvis has lots of sunscreen on because, at 72 years of age, I am paying a steep price for all those years in the sun, no hat and no sunscreen. He's a red head and should be wearing long sleeves and a wide-brimmed hat, and sunscreen. I think he should be using a harness, as well. Otherwise, I appreciate his efforts to teach us some good ideas for roof anchors.
Solid tips. Thanks. I like your quality commentary as you went along, too. You're right on with pushing your weight when pulling nails. This old guy uses a mallet or scrap 2x4 end to save my hands. Gloves, maybe wrist brace for hammering in the stuff bucket. And where are your safety glasses, young man?
informative video i work roofing i deliver shingles to houses i tie off and get fed bundles by a Conveyer belt these are both ways we are trained to install a Anchor if there isnt one provided for us by the General Contractor
I install antennas on roofs and the hardest thing most of the times is getting onto the roof in the first place, little good these brackets help when you fall before you get them into place. I usually throw a feeder line that is tied to a heavy rope and go on the other side and pull it over and tie it to something on the other side, but then again that doesn't help if I go over that side..
Great video! I'm getting ready to do some chimney repair on my mom's house and I think I'll invest in something like what you've got. Glad you posted this, "harnesses" always seemed like something that would be prohibitively expensive.
What safety precautions do you recommend on metal roofs that don't have seams? I need to do some caulking and I'm a 5'2" 120#. Just want to be safe. Any advice is appreciated.
hello! thank you for the good tips. I'd never thought of pulling the vent cover. do you have any hints on installing ribbed metal roofing on a very steep roof? I bought an old house that is a real fixer upper. first thing is the roof and it terrifies me, it's a 47 degree slope. any hints would be very appreciated. thanks!
TheMapper Maybe you've done it by now, but do what he did with the D ring on the unfinished area, move it along as you go. To access an unfinished area you pull or leave out screws at the base and using longer screws screw a 2x4 onto the roof. After removal put washered screws in the holes.
Just as a complement of your information if you hit trusses you will be fine with 4 nail each side but if you don't you will need 8 on both sides total 16. The anchors has to support at minimum 5.000 pound. And if you want to be attached to trusses, do not use your life line for that, use an anchor strap. But any way, good video and good luck, not everyone can do what you did!
Thanks for the great Tips I'm having a issue with squirrels building nests under my solar panels.I need to get up there and evict them and put up bird spikes.
Thanks. Good prybar technique. I probably would have done it the wrong way. What size and material is the rope? Did you get it from a nautical supply company.?Thanks in advance if you choose to answer.
RE: Peak vent-No you cannot anchor that way unless you removed about 7 caps and cut out a foot of the ridge vent then you could use your anchor there and when you remove you replace same way you removed it.
More rooftop safety tips: Other than using a rope as your safety measure, you can wear a rubber soled shoe or boot, avoid slippery roofs, keep it clean, install shingle underlayment, and install temporary wood cleats for toe-holds.
Its not always possible, depending on the location of the ventholes. but basically you just wrap the rope around the truss and clip it to itself and it won't go anywhere.
I like that prybar technique. For sure I would have done it the wrong way. Can you tell me the diameter of that rope and the type of material? Is it from a nautical supply?
So if you put in a bracket every time your on the roof, and take it out each time, it seems eventually the wood would be full of holes and not make a good anchor. It seems to me (a person with no roofing experience) that roofs should be built with a number of those brackets already in place (stainless steel nails or screws) so safety is built in rather than installed with each job.
Simon Henhoeffer You're calling him out on his stupidity, I'm calling you out on yours. See how that works? Also, it's spelled *You. So actually you spelled one word wrong and mispronounced another.
Don't you have to caulk all the way around each edge of the metal vents to prevent water leakage? And are you sure you're going to be able to hang on to that rope if you fall or start to slide, since it's not connected to anything but your hands?
Where I come from there are almost no shingles just clay or concrete tiles and it's by law mandatory to put up roof ladders and snow guards for future use! Good video!
believe it or not , shingle roofs are more slick than a metal roof . unless its wet or theres a bunch of stuff on it . keep your foot on the head of screws if you want . im on roofs almost every day , i know what im talking about .
Basically don't go on metal roofs without a pair of felt corkers. If the metal roof is wet, don't get on it at all. Wet metal roofs are unwalkable. And as always, it's good practice to use a rope and harness.
Try cougar paws for metal roof that what I use. Also if possible try to get on the ridge from the ladder or valley. Then set up the anchor and tie off.
Can you leave that device attached to your roof? Looking for an easier way to clean gutters. Would need to get on the roof twice a year to tie off an walk down the edge of roof with a blower.
This is helpful for us DIYers. Problem is I don't want additional holes in my roof every time I need to have my roof cleaned off or gutters cleaned. If that bracket came in a thick zinc coating I could install a few and leave them so they could also function as moss control.
Susan Martin, I'm looking for a solution to this problem too, but I'm wondering if you could just leave the nails in the holes when your done. Just a thought.
Yes and no. Obviously there are holes left behind. But, the shingles are made of soft asphalt for a reason. When they get hot, those holes are so small they will self seal, no problems whatsoever.
Don't listen to Erik. I'm a roofer and no those holes do not self seal. Lol. My day is made up of leak repairs. And a lot of them are fixing nail holes from improperly installed roof.
