How To Attach Roof Safety Harness

This video is about all surface roofing construction.

How to attach roof safety harness. 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. Always move slowly and carefully to keep your balance. Choosing products that are substantially tested and widely used by professionals is always a safe option.

Snap hook of harness into loop. Inspect the harness and lanyard for loose stitching and worn webbing. 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. The workers attach themselves to those points with their safety harnesses and then get started with their work at heights.

The rope that runs over the sloping roof can be attached to the safety eye with a safety hook. 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. The final rope you will be attaching is the lanyard. Make sure you are wearing a safety harness and correctly attach yourself to the above system.

Step 5 attach the final rope. Here are a few of the key points. How to choose a safe roof access system. Never reuse a harness or lanyard that has been.

Don t work more than 4 ft. Clip the end of the safety rope to the ring on the roof anchor. The second rope you will attach is the rope grab this simply fits over the first rope. You re now ready to step onto roof.

Step 6 attach yourself. A jamb anchor can be clamped between the frame of a window or the posts of a door.