[ROOFERS SECRET] How Do Roofers Walk On Steep Roofs?

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Homestead Roofing, Inc

Homestead Roofing, Inc

4 жыл бұрын

If you've ever wondered how you can walk on a steep roof without falling off, like roofers and painters do, here are 3 secrets on how to do it safely.
TIP: Using any of these 3 products is not a replacement for safe practices. Even the best safety equipment is useless if you're not "being" safe on a steep roof. In other words, "Don't be dumb."
Homestead Roofing, Inc is a licensed and fully-insured roofing contractor in Colorado Springs, Colorado and serving homeowners in Colorado Springs, Fountain, Falcon, Peyton, Manitou Springs, and other surrounding communities.
Visit the Homestead Roofing website for a lot more information, education, scam alerts, and tips at homesteadroofingcolorado.com or call our office at 719-433-6991 if you have any questions about this, or any other roofing-related topics.

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@mastercrashjacks
@mastercrashjacks 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you for the vid. Great information!
@christianfiguroa7147
@christianfiguroa7147 3 жыл бұрын
Man this dude I'm working with had me angry for not having this stuff I'm highly qualified it was just a timing thing God Bless you Be Very Well
@hedyxu7184
@hedyxu7184 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful❤thank you very much
@alexsinclaire1504
@alexsinclaire1504 2 жыл бұрын
This video helped me enormously, i am going to install a new chimney cap and needed a simple safety solution. The ridge pro will do it. Thanks for this valuable information
@SonOfAdolf
@SonOfAdolf 2 ай бұрын
How did it work for you?
@rrsmith9479
@rrsmith9479 Жыл бұрын
that was a new one on me. You are so cool.
@jaynimbus1588
@jaynimbus1588 2 жыл бұрын
Wow does that hook ever get loose? Super cool you can change out the felt pads for the boots.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
Jay, thank you for engaging with our content. I'm not sure if you're referring to the hook on the RidgePro... If so, it's pretty solid. The Cougar Paws are cool, but check out our newest video about walking on steep roofs - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMiWksqhrKmcYo0.html
@josephnorcalusa1710
@josephnorcalusa1710 3 жыл бұрын
Nice 👍, helpful information, thank you !
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy the information! Keep watching!
@MiguelGarcia-rv3nj
@MiguelGarcia-rv3nj 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@coryrabbit
@coryrabbit 3 жыл бұрын
Roof jacks and foam pads. You'd be surprised what you can stick to with an old, stripped couch cushion. 😆
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
We use the foam pads. Collect them from cushions found on the side of the road! 😂 Our laborers call them sponges.
@jfarinacci0329
@jfarinacci0329 3 жыл бұрын
good video. thank you.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much! Hope our videos help.
@johnjacobs9755
@johnjacobs9755 2 жыл бұрын
If I was 20 again miss them days
@jrhr4925
@jrhr4925 Жыл бұрын
Very informative I will buy the cougar paws
@eamonaugustine1262
@eamonaugustine1262 3 жыл бұрын
We use a chicken ladder. Any kind of good sneakers. Nike adidas . I use sneakers everyday
@GreysonDion530
@GreysonDion530 6 ай бұрын
Can you walk on flat dirt ground with those shoes or do you change shoes every time you get on/ off the ladder?
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 5 ай бұрын
You can walk on the ground with them, but I wouldn't do it very much.
@chefboyarrde
@chefboyarrde 3 жыл бұрын
we use nothing but hook ladders when were on steep pitches, we do metal roofing imperial rib.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 3 жыл бұрын
Smart!!
@davidbranca8560
@davidbranca8560 2 жыл бұрын
There actually called chicken ladders. Guess your new to roofing. Lmao
@hidros1461
@hidros1461 2 жыл бұрын
@@davidbranca8560 what do pros typically use? I'm new to the game, don't want to look like a little b*tch out there ha
@GreatDataVideos
@GreatDataVideos 2 жыл бұрын
Cougar Paws work! They make a huge difference.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
I agree! I left mine home yesterday when I was working on a 10/12 and I really missed them.
@yulinghong1817
@yulinghong1817 Жыл бұрын
If I got the actual cash value on replace roof from my insurance company, after I replace the whole roof and fix all describption on report. Can I get the whole amonut of recoverable depreciation from insurance company?
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing Жыл бұрын
If I understand your question, yes, that's the way it's supposed to work.
@yulinghong1817
@yulinghong1817 Жыл бұрын
How about my insurance report appear both non-recoverable depreciation and recoverable depreciation, what does those mean? which depreciation I will get after I replace my roof?
@larrycrookshanks1646
@larrycrookshanks1646 4 ай бұрын
Don't worry so much about the shoes. Invest in a boatload of fully adjustable metal roof jacks and a supply of 2×10 spruce boards. You're ankles and knees will thank you later in life. Set the jacks at 5' intervals up the roof. I wouldn't let foamers and rope boy's on my roof as they would constantly be tearing granules off the shingles.
@yulinghong1817
@yulinghong1817 Жыл бұрын
My roof is 8/12 with lots of angles and no any flat area, I heard this kinds of roof can not put all the 120 bundle of shingles on the roof, is it true? and if those bundle put on drive way over night, once be stolen during the night, who is the responsibility for that those ?
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing Жыл бұрын
They should be able to roof-load on an 8/12 roof. You need to read the contract you have with your roofer to find out who is responsible for the materials once they're delivered to your house.
@terrymoogan8445
@terrymoogan8445 3 жыл бұрын
Not actually walking on a steep roof , demonstration is worth a thousand words.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 3 жыл бұрын
Right... I'm going to walk on a 10/12, high roof while trying to record myself doing it.
@harolddiaz6410
@harolddiaz6410 3 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing drones have “follow me” technology... you’ll get a shitload of views from morons who have no idea what it’s like to be on a 10/12. Lol
@TheEstowrath
@TheEstowrath 2 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing get a go pro geezer.. Get with the times. Boomers need to go ffs.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEstowrath move out of your parents basement and get a job. Geesh
@markpeterson9808
@markpeterson9808 2 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing didnt know those shoes existed. thanks for the video.
@stoneyj1a1
@stoneyj1a1 2 жыл бұрын
What's the best for walking on tar paper or just sheathing? That's where I'm at for my roof project.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
The Cougar Paws will work, or a soft-soled sneaker or tennis show. If you've torn off old shingles, the problem with this stage you're in is any left-over shingle grit on the felt or decking. That can be dangerous. Hope this helps.
@johng2779
@johng2779 Жыл бұрын
Step on the nails holding the tar paper down. Tar paper is very dangerous to walk on.
@peterbarlow8912
@peterbarlow8912 7 ай бұрын
Back in my day we didn’t have those special shoes. Still prefer shoes with minimal tread. Vibram soled shoes mark up the roofing. I still have my grandfather’s galvanized steel roof ladder and a full set of Stanley roof bracket’s with the sweet heart label.
@johnjacobs9755
@johnjacobs9755 2 жыл бұрын
How are they on metal
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
No good.
@Dovah689
@Dovah689 8 күн бұрын
New secret service director
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 7 күн бұрын
Now THAT'S funny!
@samtaylor7800
@samtaylor7800 4 жыл бұрын
How about metal roofs?
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 4 жыл бұрын
Cougar Paws won't really help you on a metal roof unfortunately. Best thing is a body harness and rope tied to an anchor.
@christopherpencil1827
@christopherpencil1827 4 жыл бұрын
Its like every informative video I watch these days people ask a question that was already answered in the video. People just don't listen hard enough these days.
@kristopherbuchanan974
@kristopherbuchanan974 4 жыл бұрын
@@christopherpencil1827 obviously the person was asking what to use on metal roofs... not about using the cougar paws on metal roofs.
@Essays4College
@Essays4College 4 жыл бұрын
Right but arent you unsecured when you first go up to anchor yourself?
@randygoldberg8753
@randygoldberg8753 3 жыл бұрын
@@Essays4College Just make a pole attached to a hook. You don't need the $500 RidgePro.
@jerrymaxwell3651
@jerrymaxwell3651 3 жыл бұрын
👍
@kieranwilkinson4619
@kieranwilkinson4619 4 жыл бұрын
Cat ladder ??
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 4 жыл бұрын
Not sure what you're asking about.
@alexsinclaire1504
@alexsinclaire1504 2 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing think hes asking if you have ladders for cats?
@2339091q
@2339091q 10 ай бұрын
Robin Williams + Steve Carell ?
@johnjacobs9755
@johnjacobs9755 2 жыл бұрын
That house is not steep
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
OK
@tommylau7457
@tommylau7457 2 жыл бұрын
hmm, i want to install solar panels on a steep roof myself
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
Use the Ridge Pro and a foam pad to sit on. Should work great. I mentioned the Ridge Pro in the video. Get a foam pad from an old couch cushion.
@drseuss8589
@drseuss8589 2 жыл бұрын
Always tie off ladders Most deaths or paralysis occur getting 6' step ladders as the break point is between the second and third vertebrae where the average neck line contacts the ground If you're going to fall, jump of vertically they say, then you land in your feet, hit your knees then with elbows protecting your head you roll into a ball then roll and turn impact force into kinetic rolling energy, but better off being tied off on a life line, it simple anchor bracket and rope, takes 5 minutes, Say you have a roof tie down anchor 25' from where you're working at a roof edge, it's 65' from the ground, 70' from the bottom of the elevator shaft, hook your rope around a roof truss right where you're working, so maybe an 8' straight fall would occur if you fell off a wall, however, if you didn't wrap your rope around a close framing member you might be in for a 20 foot fall at the point of drop in only to swing 15' back into a block wall and then your 6' lanyard, so, a 170 lb guy falls, he's at the end of his rope perspective to his fall location, but the anchor point is 25 feet back, he falls for 20 feet in a swing and smashes full velocity 15 feet away into a cmu wall, nominally, but the lanyard or rope with a built in lanyard system (which should then be only connected to your harness D ring and not your 6 foot lanyard) unleashes, so then a 20' swing drop becomes 26 feet of properly connected, or, if improperly connected becomes 6' on the rope with built in fall arrest plus the 20' of rope plus the additional 6' lanyard you're talking s 15' lateral positional fall at the drop point away from Anchorage, and a 32' drop to take you smashing into a concrete stair it elevator shaft, this needs to be reintegrated in OSHA cottages around the globe. It's sometimes impractical to move an anchor every ten minutes, but wrapping your rope around a close framing member plumb up from where you're working might be in order
@DV77737
@DV77737 3 жыл бұрын
Why not just get a drone for steep roof inspections? It’s gotta be safer that climbing all over a steep two story
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 3 жыл бұрын
Darren, for an inaccessible roof, I will use my drone to inspect it. Something like tile is definitely a drone inspection. Same for a high and steep shingle roof, IF the damage is severe. But if the damage is not easy to see from a drone, I want to be on the roof so I can feel the potential hail bruises. That's why - although I have and use a drone - I don't think that drones will replace real people as roof inspectors 100% of the time. Great question!
@bruzote
@bruzote 3 жыл бұрын
Of course, this video does not pertain to JUST people doing inspections. They are not the only reason to be on a roof.
@davidbranca8560
@davidbranca8560 2 жыл бұрын
Use a drone def not a roofer.
@thebearcat4735
@thebearcat4735 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a living testament. Cougar paws are terrible on a metal roof.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 3 жыл бұрын
Uh oh. That doesn't sound good.
@robinm3003
@robinm3003 3 жыл бұрын
Those boots might be good for dancing!
@robertcooper96
@robertcooper96 3 жыл бұрын
Cougar paws actually make shoes specifically for metal roofs
@jrhr4925
@jrhr4925 Жыл бұрын
What shoes do you recommend for a 45 pitched tile roof (flat,w,s tile) (not composition )
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing Жыл бұрын
Are you inspecting it or roofing it? I assume you mean 45° (12/12 pitch?)
@jrhr4925
@jrhr4925 Жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing yes I am a solar installer
@davidbranca8560
@davidbranca8560 2 жыл бұрын
Would of been helpful if you showed the product in use. You didn't which makes you not a roofer but your hiring sub- contractors. Show us a video with you using the boots on steep slopes then I'll be sold.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the engagement on the video. I'm not selling the boots and I have no stake in whether or not anyone believes Cougar Paws are a good product. Just offering my opinion about the fact that they have helped me safely walk on several roofs between 8/12 and 16/12. I wouldn't be without them. But, you obviously have a different opinion and that's OK.
@davidbranca8560
@davidbranca8560 2 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing we would like too see you personally use them on slopes you speak about. That's all sir
@davidbranca8560
@davidbranca8560 2 жыл бұрын
If not yet again a fake roofer.
@davidbranca8560
@davidbranca8560 2 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing just another sales guy sell sell sell. If you roof personally then so us.
@davidbranca8560
@davidbranca8560 2 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing ok not asking you too sell the boots. Just asking for a video of you personally using them. But if you can't then pull your fake vids . Thanks
@andrewmurray9569
@andrewmurray9569 2 жыл бұрын
You didn't go on the roof.
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
And you know that... how? Were you there before I began recording? If you were, you would have seen me doing repairs to several shingles across the roof.
@andrewmurray9569
@andrewmurray9569 2 жыл бұрын
@@homesteadroofing because I watched the video... you didn't get on the roof.
@andrewmurray9569
@andrewmurray9569 2 жыл бұрын
It's like me standing next to a rocket telling you rocket science secrets... we want to see you in action.
@franciscomendiola6697
@franciscomendiola6697 2 жыл бұрын
Trash 🗑 I recorded ever day walking on a 12×12 you sir can probably only walk on a 4×12 max and that's just of expensive seen ppl
@homesteadroofing
@homesteadroofing 2 жыл бұрын
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