How To Paint Above A Sloped Roof

Bidding on a two story colonial style house that will require me to stand on roof over the garage.

How to paint above a sloped roof.

I have a long ladder but i m not sure how to set it up in a situation like this. Here we ll teach you how to put a ladder on a sloped roof in the easiest manner. You can t just follow the same process you employ to place a ladder on a normal roof. Painting this section of your house that has a steep roof is impossible without a way to safely stay on it.

It extends about 10ft above the garage and i came up with this. The possibility of slipping and falling makes working on any roof dangerous but it s especially so if the roof rises more than 4 feet for every 12 feet of. I m worried about safety. One of the windows i need to paint is directly above a little sloped roof.

So every 4 years i have to paint over my attached garage. The plywood distributes the weight and the carpet protects and grips onto the garage roof. I think the roof is too sloped to stand on. Ways to work on a steeply pitched roof.

There is a simple inexpensive method that will allow you to safely work off your roof and access the areas you need to paint. Plywood with vertical and horizontal cleats indoor carpet on the bottom and ladder stabilizers attached to a 16ft extension ladder. Maybe i should be using some other approach to get to this window. I do not paint many exteriors so i am kind of green when it comes to rigging up ladders scaffold etc.

Probably 36 40 feet high. Putting a ladder on a sloped roof isn t a regular task. We are looking for a lift or something to paint this last gable. This article is here to help.

The house is on a hillside and the driveway slopes downward. So far we have figured out how to paint most of the house safely. Do you have ideas on how to safely paint such a high area.