How To Climb A Roof With A Ladder

Either both hands and one foot or both feet and one hand.

How to climb a roof with a ladder.

Climb the ladder maintaining three points of contact. You should always face the ladder holding onto the rungs while you climb. Climbing a ladder can be dangerous especially so if the roof is two stories or higher. Gutter and roof maintenance requires homeowners to take the occasional trip to the roof with a ladder.

Ask a helper to hold the ladder while you climb. Residential roofers will most often use a combination of different ladders to install shingles or complete other roofing tasks. So before you climb up there to hang holiday decorations or fix that roof before winter comes take heed. Roofers will usually use an extension ladder to gain access to the roof and a second extension ladder with wheels and hooks to secure it to the ridge of the roof to complete the work from the roof.

Always keep three points of contact on the ladder. You should always climb one rung at a time moving only one hand or one foot at a time. This video explains how to safely get on to and off of roof safely from an extension ladder. One of the easiest ways to injure yourself around the home is by using a ladder improperly.

Roofing contractor and american ladder institute.