I would like to access the peak of a gable that to mount an antenna. The adjacent wall has the garage running up 2/3 of the way. The roof lines are parallel, but the peak of the garage is about 10' lower. I saw a video on youtube where a guy set the legs of a ladder on either side of the lower roof's peak. I was contemplating something similar, but couldn't convince myself it would be safe. I'm attaching a screen grab below. Does that look like a safe way to set a ladder:
No, though I do like what appears to be the fall harness you are wearing.
Issues:
1) Ladder on sheeting?
2) Feet are meant to dig whatever is supporting it. You'll either damage your roof, or the feet can slip easily.
3) Comp shingles can tear away under load, out goes the ladder.
4) Due to angle of roof, part of the load goes towards splaying the feet, lessening the load going down the vertical.
Speaking as someone who has a T12 in a bunch of pieces due to a work related injury of falling off a roof...don't do this.
I have set a ladder that way several times but IF you do that you want a helper to help stabilize the ladder while you are on it. How high would the ladder need to go?
A pic or two from further back showing the whole house would help us better understand your situation.
I'm trying to waterproof the area under my upstairs air conditioner in case it leaks again. Planning to glue down a piece of pond liner, but because that's where the air intake is, I want to make sure the adhesive doesn't smell.
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Hi All,
We have a gutter coming down from one roof level to another, and then it lets water out. I'm attaching a picture, but it seems like the angle that it lets the water out may be wrong, because during even just somewhat hard rains, it shoots water out so fast that it hits the gutter on that level and just shoots off over the edge (rather than going into the gutter and across to a downspout).
Is there anything I can do, like adding a short piece of gutter to angle up to the position of the viewer in the photo (i.e., from where I was standing when I took the picture)? Would that work / not work? Any reason to not do it? I'm thinking that would seem to help slow down and spread out the water so it doesn't shoot out.
Anything else I can do? Any help would be greatly appreciated. (I know there is some leaf stuff in the gutter which needs to get cleaned; however, we've had this problem forever, even when the gutters are freshly cleaned.)
Thanks!
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07-16-22, 12:51 PM
