Securing a ladder to fascia

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I need to access this flat roof so pushed an ibolt type thing through PVC and turned tight. It seems strong but is it correct just to thread the rope through it . It still slides a bit to left and right. Not much though. Do I need two bolts into fascia instead of just this one
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for each side of ladder?
 
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Bottom of the ladder on those angle looks as if it could slip, not enough ladder height above the gutter and the rope shouldnt be free to run through the eye...all in my belt and braces opinion of course
 
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Ladder is too short. You could secure it to the right hand wall to stop it moving to the left
I wouldn't secure anything to UPVC
You could add a brace from the floor to the ladder from the left
 
Bottom of the ladder on those angle looks as if it could slip, not enough ladder height above the gutter and the rope shouldnt be free to run through the eye...all in my belt and braces opinion of course
Those things are designed for decking to stop ladder slipping back. I know ladder should extend higher as well above roof. Thxs though. The ibolt is pretty strong and am not allowed to drill into the wall I guess my real question is, have I tied the ladder correctly and would two ibolts , one for each stile be better? I've just looped the rope through it so the ladder slides a bit to left and right.
 
Bottom of the ladder on those angle looks as if it could slip, not enough ladder height above the gutter and the rope shouldnt be free to run through the eye...all in my belt and braces opinion of course
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As long as the bottom of the ladder is firm and secure (using something like Keitai's suggestion) there is little reason you can't head up there and get on with it. My only concern would be leaning on the guttering -- if you can buy or make something just to keep the ladder off that and the base remains firm and steady you'll be fine.
 

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