Ladder on pitched roof advice

[aveatry]

It does sound sketchy though, relying on the friction of the foam for the whole lot to not slide down.

Done it loads of times - its solid even without any weight on the foam you cannot drag it across the tiles to re position it. But my tiles are weathered concrete and the OPs look like the sand textured ones, I would not try it on slates though.
A good size and thick ness would be about the size of a babies cot mattress the foam also protects the tiles.
I had a relative throwing out a foam mattress and I cut it up into useful pieces.
Out of some I cut it into a wedge shape and added a wooden top with contact spray adheasive and so had a stable level platform on a pitched roof to hold a bucket mortar for repairs.

 

[foxhole]

I'm only going to remove all the moss. It never gets any sun and I'm constantly having to clean out the guttering.

That’s as it should be .

 

[stevie888]

Learn to love the moss: far safer!

How would you have got the eyebolts in to tie the ladder as a matter of interest?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

 

[mikehammer69]

Risk reward is not great there

I'd be leaving the moss

 

[aveatry]

Learn to love the moss: far safer!

How would you have got the eyebolts in to tie the ladder as a matter of interest?

Clime out the window

 

[aveatry]

It does sound sketchy though, relying on the friction of the foam for the whole lot to not slide down.

I actually just come across this - my ideal that I have been using for years has actually already been invented.

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[Deluks]

I actually just come across this - my ideal that I have been using for years has actually already been invented.

Roof Cushion | Professional Roofing Pads Built by Roofers

Roof Cushion makes professional roofing pads for comfort, grip, durability, and rooftop performance. Built by roofers for roofers. Ditch the couch foam.

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Get your lawyers on the case!

 

[JayN]

In my case, Marley Moderns from 1970, the moss seems to eat the concrete which becomes very crumbly under the moss which is always on the seams. My neighbour says it's because the moss gets frozen in the winter, thaws and freezes constantly, damaging the tile.

 

[catlad]

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What could go wrong! The pressure on that ladder joint must be at its limit! And that flue has no chance of staying there!

 

[Deluks]

What could go wrong! The pressure on that ladder joint must be at its limit! And that flue has no chance of staying there!

Maybe they are part way through installing the flue? hence the ladders.
It should hold just fine, the two ladders appear to have been tied together with his wife's old tights.

 

[danfre]

Why not use ladder at the front of the house and then 2 roofing ladders

 

[aveatry]

Why not use ladder at the front of the house and then 2 roofing ladders

I have a similar situation with my house and I can pass out a short ladder through the window which then sits on the pitched roof on-top of the foam thing I made,rests on the gutter nut for me i have a valley that I basically straddle and walk up. But my tiles are weathered concrete with very good grip, I wouldn’t do it on those smooth slates.
But my other reason for not using a big ladder out the front is that in my mind if I fell off the roof I will have the lower pitched roof to land on.