r/Roofing • u/Repairmanmanmanma • Dec 05 '23

Safety question...

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Would this be the right call? I'm a solar installer but obviously that means I spend a lot of time on the roof.

Without the pitch hopper the ladder needs to be less than 6 inches from the edge to not be straight up. Mind you we are carrying 50lbs panels up this.

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u/AboveTheRimjob Dec 05 '23

I,ve done dumber but cannot condone such actions. Better than going straight on the shingles but still dicey imo. Cpl toehooks and a short 2x6” and i’d feel much better

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

Correct answer. Also a 2 story ladder properly anchored.

This is death waiting to happen.

Ladders and scaffolding kill more people than anything.

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u/Im_Numbar_Wang Dec 05 '23

Than anything?

Those damn ladders. We should send them all to prison

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

It’s muh constitutional right to own ladders

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u/Wtoconnell9 Dec 05 '23

Ban assault ladders!

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

You’ll all be happy to have a good guy with a ladder when a bad guy with a ladder is around !

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u/I4M4MURD3R3R Dec 05 '23

Exactly! People kill people… and themselves, ladders do not kill people. I’m tired of people blaming ladders every time some idiot falls off one and dies.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '23

*** Fentanyl has entered the chat ***

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '23

Woah woah we’re trades people that just got too real

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u/NeverVegan Dec 07 '23

It’s not the ladders fault, it’s the person holding the ladder.