I have a metal roof coming up on a 10/12. I have done many lower pitched roofs up to 8/12. Usually just put on some New Balance clean off the bottom with some starting fluid and go to work. I just know this little trick won't work on the 10. What have you guys come up with?:shutup:
steep metal roof , help!
jdframer
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Hello,
What we call finger clamps are actually Irwin 9" u- shaped welding clamps.http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/detail.jhtml?prodId=IrwinProd100327. We also use them to shrink or grow the panel depending if they get out of square with the eave.
I believe that they no longer make Brucie Brackets. We have 4 of them though. They are a clamp system with a rubberized bottom so they don't scratch the panels. I have had them on steep roofs with a 24 foot plank between them doing detail work. I can't find any info on them either. I will take a picture and post it this week.
Keith
What we call finger clamps are actually Irwin 9" u- shaped welding clamps.http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/detail.jhtml?prodId=IrwinProd100327. We also use them to shrink or grow the panel depending if they get out of square with the eave.
I believe that they no longer make Brucie Brackets. We have 4 of them though. They are a clamp system with a rubberized bottom so they don't scratch the panels. I have had them on steep roofs with a 24 foot plank between them doing detail work. I can't find any info on them either. I will take a picture and post it this week.
Keith
I really like the young not so bright idea but don't think my ins or wallet would.
Maybe the best suited for this would be the ******* they can climb anything LOL
I did an A - frame in metal, years ago, We did most of it from a friends bucket truck and rented a manlift to finish the spots the bucket truck couldnt.
Thats the only way to go esp when you have to put the ridge and closures on
Maybe the best suited for this would be the ******* they can climb anything LOL
I did an A - frame in metal, years ago, We did most of it from a friends bucket truck and rented a manlift to finish the spots the bucket truck couldnt.
Thats the only way to go esp when you have to put the ridge and closures on
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No other way.....safely that is. Nice post Okie!
Well I have to respect your Okie ways, since we do them too....
We work on grain elevators, and the first time you do the 32 degree cone roof on a Butler Bin that's 85 feet high, you use what you can find. As for eyebolts, etc., I don't use anything without a rating on its label (I shoot for 1200 pound minimum) but since most grain facilities are made of angle iron puddle welded together by teenagers, your anchorage isn't any stronger than the structure you're attaching to anyway!!!
The Okie way is often the only way.
We work on grain elevators, and the first time you do the 32 degree cone roof on a Butler Bin that's 85 feet high, you use what you can find. As for eyebolts, etc., I don't use anything without a rating on its label (I shoot for 1200 pound minimum) but since most grain facilities are made of angle iron puddle welded together by teenagers, your anchorage isn't any stronger than the structure you're attaching to anyway!!!
The Okie way is often the only way.
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Surely anyone can't be a real roof type guy without a hook ladder..... Metal, shingles or whatever. Pretty standard practice for anything ya can't walk on here. Lifts if ya can get access but usually not the case for residential projects. Nice to start on the right gable so you can screw panels right handed or vice versa if you were cursed with left handedness
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But if you can use either hand it is no big deal.:thumbsup: There are those of us that way in the world. :laughing:
Did you chit your pants!?
That is the oldest joke in the roofing trade. I have heard that several times over the last 30 years. Usually, it is a homeowner on the roof, and his wife jumps in the car.
I used to have a kid that worked for me who claimed he was the virtual cat...he just would not fall....and then one day, he fell from the high roof and I caught his shirt as he went by me ( I was standing on the first floor roof staging) and broke his fall....if I hadn't, he wasn't going to land on all fours.
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