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I basically asked this for general access and ladder safety in general but was enthused to ask it from having to paint on this house. A roofer chap said he will help me tie some scaffold planks from a mitower to roof below window on right hand side. Will use mitower for rest of house too

Sounds great! Strange why my roofer customer who I am friendly with said the baton and not rafter to tie to. How u get nail out of that bottom tile? Just force it/pull really hard? What rope would you use out of interest? Could tie small top of small tower as well to rafter.

I am thinking of getting the petrol pruning saw attachment for my Stihl multi tool. That would be ideal for branches too thick for hedgcutter wouldn't it? What do u guys think about the safety aspect of using a chainsaw?

I guess u need to tie ladder under bottom tile. The second from bottom ones pushed up easily but bottom one wouldn't easily, force it?

So u have to lift up roof membrane?

I see. Cos' it's flexible u can push it in the gap at top of tile to force it down.

Will you find a rafter near gutter line to tie to? I suppose if there's nothing else better than tieing to gutters

The bloke who owns the house in picture, his neighbour has a tower. If it's no good I'll get a mitower and maybe roofing ladder for right side. Looking at getting a belt and rope for that side as well.

Thxs. You're referring to getting the tile down, aren't you ? If left in current state it shouldn't cause any serious problems should it, I won't be able to get to those tiles for a few weeks. As far as getting bottom tile up near gutters, do I just force it up? Pull it hard. Or was your...

Is it easy to put them back? I pushed the second row up (as in pix) but lower one's wouldn't budge. Also when I tried to pull the two from second row back down they didn't come all the way down, overlapped but an inch short of other tiles Is that a problem?

Basically he said with concrete tiles you push the second from bottom one up and then the bottom one can be removed. With rosemary or whatever the smaller ones are called you take out four tiles. Would like to practice doing it so I know I can put the back properly. Tieing a ladder could...

Had really thick laurel. And it was getting on for 2 or 3 inches thick the lower u get. How do u bring this kind of hedge down? Pole pruner attachment on my multi tool?

Is it relatively easy to take out the first tile on the roof so I can tie ladder to roof baton? A roofer friend said that's the safest thing u can do for a ladder.

The mitower doesn't need a course. The course is for higher towers. Will do it when I need to hire one for over 6 metre working height

I did call a safety guy and he said the same about swinging from a harness. Need another person present to get u down. There is a device for £1000 which lowers u but that's not going to happen. He did say though that a harness and rope could work on a roof because you keep rope tight and so...

Why is it safer to hit the ground and die or be paralysed than be swinging around in the air?

So u reckon these towers are much safer than ladders, maybe not as good as scaffold though? I'll call them. Thxs for the link

You're absolutely right but when I posted the question on a decorators forum no one mentioned scaffold just ladders. This goes to show how many people don't bother with scaffold on this kind of work. One guy mentioned the mitower from hss and recommended them. Are even these mitowers...

Hss rent a mitower. It is 4 metres and working height of 6 metres. This should reach most of middle part of house. They have wheels https://www.hss.com/hire/p/mitower Would a harness and helmet and tied to roofing ladder be safe for right side? Scaffolding would be great of course People...

I suggested a tower for middle bit and added that on price for customer. The bit on right would be roofing ladder. To sand the wood at top best to have all equipment with you. Have you heard of fall arrest gear - harness which hooks onto something which is over ridge?