How To Attach Roof Safety Harness

Then clip the lanyard to the d ring on the back of the harness squeeze the rope grab and slide it along the safety rope to reposition the lanyard on the rope as you move around the roof.

How to attach roof safety harness.

The second rope you will attach is the rope grab this simply fits over the first rope. The rope that runs over the sloping roof can be attached to the safety eye with a safety hook. This runs from the rope grab onto the roof harness. Inspect the roofing harness for any damage put on the harness and adjust the shoulder straps make sure the d ring is upper middle part of the shoulder adjust the leg straps adjust the chest straps final adjustment for a fit snug but still allow for a full range of movement.

Never reuse a harness or lanyard that has been. Inspect the harness and lanyard for loose stitching and worn webbing. Snap hook of harness into loop. Don t work more than 4 ft.

This video is about all surface roofing construction. Always move slowly and carefully to keep your balance. Here are a few of the key points. However the jamb anchor is always wider than the frame or the doorpost which means that it cannot be installed if there is no room for the end that sticks out.

A jamb anchor can be clamped between the frame of a window or the posts of a door. Step 5 attach the final rope. Locate the roof anchor directly above where you ll be working on the roof. As far as possible walk only on line of screws on metal roofs and on front of roof tiles where they are double thickness and suppor ted by a timber batten underneath.

You re now ready to step onto roof. Choosing products that are substantially tested and widely used by professionals is always a safe option. The final rope you will be attaching is the lanyard. Adjust the harness buckles for a snug fit.

The workers attach themselves to those points with their safety harnesses and then get started with their work at heights. Clip the end of the safety rope to the ring on the roof anchor.