On 9/24/2016 9:17 AM, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"Phil L" writes:
He's not done too bad then if he's got parts of it from the roof. I've
installed dry verge myself from the roof of a three storey building - it was
scaffolded front and back but not at the sides, it was a bit hairy leaning
over the edge but i got it all done in the day easily enough, that said,
there were 23 up each side plus the top '50p' shaped shenanigans.
On a property with easier access, bungalow or, as in your case, (probably?)
access from a side building like garage or extension saves hours of farting
around up and down ladders.
Also, if this kind of thing is all he does, he'll be well geared up for it,
it's the kind of thing i get asked to do maybe 3 or 4 times in a year

There's lots of tradesmen use ladders, even today with all this H&S
hysteria...obviously not if there's a full roof to be done, but if it's a
half or one day job, 90% of people do it off a ladder, gutters, fascias,
small roofing repairs etc. Cavity wall insulation is less than half a day
and they all still work off ladders just like they did when I was doing it
16 years back. Scaffolding's great but it's overkill for the majority of
jobs.

From a DIYer's perspective - don't overlook using scaffolding.
It might enable you to do tasks like guttering, facias, felt support
trays, etc which you would otherwise consider out of your scope due
to accessibility. I've had scaffolding up to all sides of my house
over the years, which has enabled me to do all these activities
myself, which I really wouldn't like to do from the top of a ladder,
and even striping the roof back from a valley gutter, replacing the
felt, battens, and remaking the valley gutter edges.
I did do facia gutter servicing from a ladder before this, but the
scaffolding makes it so much easier.

Cost of scaffolding was around £300 per wall to get a lift
(working platform) at gutter level from which you can work on the
facias and climb onto the roof if necessary, and you have it there
for a month (although that can obviously be negotiated). Ask for
a pulley and rope too if you will have any heavy materials to take
up and down. A lift at intermediate level also enables easy access
to maintain walls and window frames (they will expect you to move
the planks to another lift, unless you explicitly ask them to fit
out more than one initially). I usually timed this to have the
scaffolding for a month encompassing the multiple bank holidays
around Easter, unless I wasn't also working at the time.

I had it right up to the chimney on one occation, enabling me to
repoint it, cap and vent the unused flues, remake the flaunching,
and fit radio and TV aerials. I also worked my way out along the
ridge, repointing the ridge tiles (admittedly, wearing a fall
arrest harness, as the scaffolding didn't cover the sides of the
roof at the same time).

I bought a second hand alloy commercial tower for about £600, this has
easily repaid the investment (and my neighbours use it too).