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Originally Posted by kerry
I've solved that fear in the past with a harness and fixed rope. I did hire a roofer recently to put some roofing tar around the chimney of my 3 story rental property with a 12/12 pitch. I thought I was being a wimp but the roofers legs were shaking when he moved from the ladder to the roof. Made me feel better.
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Just make sure that squirrels don't chew through the rope if you leave it out -- this happened to my grandmother when she was fixing a roof leak in our beach house (she must have been about 75 at the time). Fortunately, she fell back onto the roof deck, not off the roof!