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Old 11-20-2013, 07:33 PM
spdrun spdrun is offline
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
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.
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!
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