Chicken ladders

6 sections of scaffold does the same thing a lot faster.

Are you referring to my post OS? I agree, but I only have what you see there. :) I'm just showing my "chicken ladders" off. I'd never heard that term before, we just call em ladder hooks or ridge hooks.

It's in my set of tools to buy in the future, I just rent/borrow when I can't do w/out them.

Not being critical, I just don't want to see anyone get hurt. We have a lot of scaffolding and we tend to use it more than those that don't. I don't even think about it any more. It does make the jobs go faster and a lot safer in the long run.

Is that job you have pictured a standing seam with hidden fasteners or one of the "AG" panel jobs? I am seeing more and more of the metal roofs going down on houses being the AG or pole barn metal than ever before.

It's a hidden fastener w/ the built in screw holes. That was my first metal roof other than a pole barn. Had a leak right at a 2' "flat" valley, turned out to be the window just above it leaking! I was freakin out that I would have to take the valley out and replace it.

That metal is Image II by Metal sales. The panel itself is OK, but I've never used any other. I HATED the trim package. They sent this crappy little trim cleat that bent easily and then you screw the roof trim down to the roof. The lumberyard sold it, I never would have screwed the trim all the way up and down the roof given a choice.

As far as AG metal on houses, we finally caved. I've been bidding them for about six months and finally sold one. If somebody is making money on them, it might as well be me! I've been on two in the last week that were god awful......I mean I was speechless, coming from fairly reputable contractors.

Scaffolding is pretty much out of the question on tune-ups. It's just not practical. Instead of attaching scaffold all over the roof to inspect for leaks, I can climb up the hook and inspect a large area with little to no impact on the roof. Not to mention, the hooks have attachment points so I can stay in harness the whole time and be safer. On that 14/12 valley job, it was two stories on that side, on a hill and a carport roof below that could NOT support a ladder on it. Used 20' hook on front to up and over, then 18' hook to get to bottom and stood in stirrup of ascender to pull the slate, add valley and reinstall the slate at the bottom. I worked alone.

As for the metal roof, I always cut and fit for dormers, etc. instead using of those funny looking wings. They sure don't do the house any good in the looks department.

You can see how we hand formed the wall panel under the AC unit. It reverted back to SS just below the corner.

At the wall, we double locked the seams where we turned them up.

What fun!

tinner666 Said: ... Its idiot proof. ....

I've made that bold statement a time or two in my life.

In my experience, every time "they" make something idiot proof,.... the idiots just get better.

;)