Storing slates while working on a roof

[Cumbrianroofer30yrsexp]

I dont know if you can buy something simular?A while ago i got a mate who welds to make me a couple of brackets to hook onto a cat ladder.It looks simular to a ladder stay.I use it for stacking slates/tiles on.Its alot safer/easier than just trying to put them between the rungs of the cat ladder and certanly alot easier than carrying them down then back up.Ideal for valleys/fitting dry verge etc.Has anyone got any other home made gadjets that could be useful in roofing they could share?I wont copy/patent them "honest" .

 

[Alastairreid]

roof brackets and batten

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• Alastairreid
• 25 Jun 2009
• 4

use them all the time up here.

 

[Cumbrianroofer30yrsexp]

roof brackets and batten

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• Alastairreid
• 25 Jun 2009
• 4

use them all the time up here.

Great stuff mate,How does this work?Do you use them in pairs?fir cat ladder,laths or both?out else that may be of use?

 

[Alastairreid]

they are used in pairs and are spiked into the trusses approx 6ft apart then a scaffold board is placed on top.

 

[Cumbrianroofer30yrsexp]

@ alastairreid-I may be trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs buy yer never know.Sumin i do when felt roofing.If a pipe comes through the roof i felt round it with strips of felt,then make a square wooden frame to sit round the pipe,fill with quick drying cement,once dried i remove the wooden frame and paint with acrypol(note been doing this for 20yrs but only been adding acrypol the last 5 years)in all that time never had a leak.As im sure you know most flat roofers just felt such things with strips.

 

[Cumbrianroofer30yrsexp]

they are used in pairs and are spiked into the trusses approx 6ft apart then a scaffold board is placed on top.

Are these home made or bought?I like the idea and im going to get some.I must admit ive never seen them before.The one i got made sits on a cat ladder.Unfortunatley i cant post pics as pc skills are limited

 

[Alastairreid]

unusual........but if it works!

 

[Alastairreid]

they are used in pairs and are spiked into the trusses approx 6ft apart then a scaffold board is placed on top.

Are these home made or bought?I like the idea and im going to get some.I must admit ive never seen them before.The one i got made sits on a cat ladder.Unfortunatley i cant post pics as pc skills are limited

you can get a blacksmith to make them up for you! up here you can buy them off the shelf in specialist shops.

 

[Alastairreid]

i buy mine here. they may do mail order.