Creeper Board - Chimney Access
 

Hi. I have to regularly access corners of chimneys in the line of my work,
and sometimes you obviously don't want to tread on the tiles but you can't
go over the chimney to get to the other side.......

I have been told about something called a "creeper board" but I can't find
anything about it. My work only involves small periods of time at a given
chimney, so if it exists it would need to be something I can carry up on the
cat ladder and then take down an hours or so later when I am done.

Creeper Board - Chimney Access
 

-GB-Carpy wrote:
Hi. I have to regularly access corners of chimneys in the line of my work,
and sometimes you obviously don't want to tread on the tiles but you can't
go over the chimney to get to the other side.......

I have been told about something called a "creeper board" but I can't find
anything about it. My work only involves small periods of time at a given
chimney, so if it exists it would need to be something I can carry up on the
cat ladder and then take down an hours or so later when I am done.

Don't you just need a roofing ladder?

david

Creeper Board - Chimney Access
 

-GB-Carpy wrote:

I have been told about something called a "creeper board" but I can't find
anything about it. My work only involves small periods of time at a given
chimney, so if it exists it would need to be something I can carry up on the
cat ladder and then take down an hours or so later when I am done.

Try crawl or crawler boards. They are just wooden or board walkways
joining in this case two roof ladders. I think.

Some rules and regs he
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10753 #1926.452(m)(2)

Creeper Board - Chimney Access
 

"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
. uk...
Hi. I have to regularly access corners of chimneys in the line of my work,
and sometimes you obviously don't want to tread on the tiles but you can't
go over the chimney to get to the other side.......

I have been told about something called a "creeper board" but I can't find
anything about it. My work only involves small periods of time at a given
chimney, so if it exists it would need to be something I can carry up on
the
cat ladder and then take down an hours or so later when I am done.

The ladder or roof board refered to is call a crawl board
http://www.brattsladders.com/tmbr_roofladder.htm

Creeper Board - Chimney Access
 

-GB-Carpy wrote:

My work only involves small periods of time at a given chimney, so it would need to be
something I can carry up and down.

It sounds like you need to make a companion ladder to your roof ladder.
I don't know what length it would have to be. As long as the widest
chimey on your patch, plus long enough to take a crawl board.

Say your present roof ladder is made of 3 x 1 with 18" 3 x 2 rungs 12"
apart and the average chimney is 3 feet from ridge to bottom flashing.
The other needs 3 1/2 to 4 feet long plus 18 and some inches long; to
be able to put it in place and to take the connection slats.

The connecting board needs to be as wide as both ladders and the width
of the chimney.

An alternative to this short roof ladder might be a length of 3 or 4 x
1 with a block at both ends, either side of the lath. One to catch the
ridge and one to rest the crawl board in.

It's either that or build some sort of a jib. Dangerous but a quick fix
and a good way to get a disability pension.