Make Your Own Roof Ladder

Measure the distance from the ground or a landing to the edge of the roof.

Make your own roof ladder.

This allows you to maintain balance while climbing the ladder and to access the roof safely. This is not a whole ladder but a few rungs that you attach to the top of your ladder. Add 4 feet to this measurement and cut two pieces of 2 inch by 4 inch utility lumber to this length for ladder rails. You shouldn t lean this part of the ladder against the home or roof.

Gather all the necessary tools. How to stabilise the ladder to a roof. Ladder hooks attach to the top two rungs of your ladder and are tightened in place with wingnuts. The wheels will roll across the tiles or shingles instead of knocking them loose.

Homemade roof ladders can be made with utility lumber and assembled using wood screws. Now that we know the steps you need to take before you get on the roof with your roof we are now ready to move ahead and talk about what you need to do. Make sure the ladder has been secured to the roof in the proper way. Pull the roof ladder up to the roof and lay it on the roof with the wheels facing down.

Instead this part should pop up above the roof face. For safety reasons a roof ladder must be long enough to stand at a convenient angle and extend above the edge of the roof.