Harry K wrote:

On Mar 25, 6:33 pm, Lar wrote:

Steve wrote:

On my street, I see roofing guys walking on these very pitched roofs,
almost seems like nothing to them. I try and I'm sliding. I can't do
it. I have a 2 story house, with a 1 story attached garage, and the
gutters are in a spot where the 1 story meets the 2nd story, and I would
like to get up and clean them.

I can't do it, I feel like I have no traction.

This might seem like a stupid question, but is it mental? I don't think
I'm afraid, as I do make the trip up there and try.

It is the shoes/boots?

Steve

What I used to buy in my roofing days that worked best were those cheap
cheap cheap canvas shoes from walmart/K-mart. Soft soles. "dessert boot"
styled shoes also worked well. You could walk up a 10x12 easy enough,
though in the heat of the summer you are taking a risk. Also the foam
rubber inside a couch cushion works well to skoot around if you don't
feel safe walking, use two different cushion foams to move around.
Though if you are steeper than 8x12 you may want to pass for safety sake.

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Walk up a 10x12? That is near vertical.

Harry K

36 x 12 is closer to vertical
on a piece of paper, from a starting point, go 5 inches vertical and
from same point go 6 inches out horizontal. That will give you the angle
of a 10 x 12. When working on that pitch there would definitely be "toe
boards" secured to the structure as a working platform. Come down grab a
handful of shingles and proceed on. This was only on the right
conditions, usually working in the morning. Anything steeper it was
quicker to work of the bottom toe board as high as you could reach then
secure another row of toe boards and move on up...

Lar