I've got some slipped tiles above a chimney that are letting rain in, probably where the tiles meet the flashing. I no longer have the tools, access equipment, leg-strength or enthusiasm to pop up and fix them myself. Any recommendations around Walkley, Sheffield?
Access is possible via short ladder through roof window next to chimney and thence via roof ladder hooked over ridge. Scaffolding and huge ladders not necessary.
Ta. JGH - email address in header
I might know just the man. Did you not get your email I sent you about 2 weeks ago inviting you for a look around the site just around the corner from you?
How would you get the roof ladder up there?
Bill
pole vault?
Jim k
No, this has been tried. It fails disastrously every time. A roof ladder is normally 6.5 metres long and even though it is aluminium it is quite heavy and cumbersome. The end with the hook won't stay still on the ground; it tends to slide, so in order to pole vault it is necessary for the other end to be on the ground. This means that the weight of the hook has to be lifted up during the vaulting, making the whole business even more difficult. Even with a long run-up (right along the street even) once the end of the ladder has wedged into the ground it is very difficult for the rigger to get aloft. Usually the ladder will carry him up some way -- perhaps ten or twelve feet -- not enough to get onto the roof, but enough, when he falls back, to cause injury. An additional problem is that when he falls back the ladder often twists to one side, so he might land on the roof of a car or in a baby's pram, or in a goldfish pond. Usually as he lays injured on the ground the roof ladder lands on top of him. So I'm sorry, but your idea has been proved to be impracticable.
A better idea is to drop a rope out of the dormer, attach the roof ladder to it, and hoist the ladder up. This method should only be used at houses without glass windows however.
Bill
A six-to-eight-foot roof ladder will easily get up the stairs and out of the window and hook over the eaves.
JGH
Wouldn't it be better hooked over the ridge?
At least you've made me feel better about having a flat roof!!
Owain
OMG! Ridge! See, this is exactly the sort of wrong word typing thing that I tried to explain to my doctor and he just dismissed as nothing important for somebody who works writing technical documentation.
JGH
What use is a six foot roof ladder?
Bill
The US navy has the answer. The link is a power point presentation showing a couple of examples of how to extend a short ladder on the roof. The download requires MS Office, or equivalent (Open Office or Libre Office)
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