working over conservatory

sorry about the ascii graphics - your better off ignoring them !!

What is the roof construction?

If you have double glazed glass, you may find the existing roof structure is strong enough to walk on, if covered in 18mm chipboard. If it is polycarbonate, this is unlikely. It depends on the construction of the rafters. In my case, I've got 150mm deep wooden ones, which are pretty close to meeting building regs for a habitable floor, let alone for occasional maintenance access.

Christian.

Mine is the same, to get access I remove two sheets of polycarbonate and put trestles or a tower up from inside with a proper platform on top, first time I put scaffolding over, but that was over the top (literally, no pun intended)

mrcheerful

In article , mikey writes

I have been assured by a local conservatory builder that the roof beams are strong enough to take your weight (even the polycarbonate panels will in an emergency, e.g. fire escape)

For painting/gutter access I made up a little roof ladder thing with crossbeams which straddle 2 of the conservatory roof beams. It creaks a bit but doesn't flex much, so I think it is probably safe. I get off it as soon as I can though!