Getting onto roofs.

[AshleyC]

How safe are roofs for getting on? I need to get up the side of my house to spray some weather seal on the wood there. Thank you 1970's. The tiles here seem to be concrete ones rather than thin modern tiles.

You can we the situation below .now I can get a roofing ladder up along the roof alongside the wood ok but I need to get to the ladder once it's there , meaning I need to get myself over the little extension at the front .I'm not exactly small, reasonably over 100kg so I don't really want a skylight where one wasn't before. Are the tiles reasonably strong enough to hold me for a second or so while I transition from the stepladder to the roof and onto the roof ladder?

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[beyond the blue]

I have walked on mine many times and only ever broken one. I make sure to stand on the 4 way overlap where the tiles overlap if you know what I mean, it's all about spreading your weight really. Send the wife up if she's lighter.

 

[Nod]

Pay someone to do the job for you! I'm a similar size/weight and break them if I venture onto concrete roof tiles, however careful I try to be to keep my weight over the battens.

 

[Mr Bump]

that wood needs more than a spray of weatherseal it looks pretty jaded.
I would get someone in for that to maybe even look at replacing it

 

[AshleyC]

I agree, but it has to last one winter more, then I can save up and replace it all the survey didn't highlight any rotten wood there so I think it will last until next year.

 

[Nod]

If it's only got to last another year, put the cost of the paint towards the cost of replacing it all. When the job does get done, REPLACE all the wood with whatever the replacement is to be, DON'T cover it with UPVC, that just hides any horrors and saves them up for the future...

 

[Mr Bump]

I agree, but it has to last one winter more, then I can save up and replace it all the survey didn't highlight any rotten wood there so I think it will last until next year.

if that is the case then talk to a builders yard about some product that will seal it up as you say but don't spray it, if you need to walk on the roof I would use a ladder laid on the roof itself.
Or just find a cheap local roofer with ladders who will do the job for you if you supply the product.

 

[the black fox]

I used to know a lad that was good at getting up on roofs etc , he gets out on good behaviour in another 7 years or so

 

[Steep]

Those tiles get more brittle as they get older so avoid stepping on them if possible (I've cracked a few in my time). It looks like the extension roof might give you a way up if you can step in the valley/gutter that runs up the back of it (soft shoes) while you put up a roof ladder.
If you employ someone they'll likely have to put up scaffolding because Elfin Safety says you're not allowed to just climb up a ladder any more.

 

[mark richards]

you dont really need a roof ladder mate, just slide a tile up and use the batten for footing, tiles are normally only fixed every third row. (for making it easier to replace broken tiles)
as you progress up the roof , just slide the tile up and step on the batten that shows, try not to rip the felt if possible , sometimes we come up with situations like this when plastering,
its not always cost effective to have scaffolding put up in situations like this,if it didnt have a valley i would say different.if you did slip and fall, the worst you could do is go through
the small roof I,m 19 stone and walk up these ok.