Measure the height you intend to reach.
How to reach 2nd story roof.
That means if the height of your 2 story house is 20 feet 6 meter the recommended ladder height for a straight ladder is 24 feet and extension ladder is 27 feet.
An extension ladder needs to be several feet taller than the height you need to reach.
Typically this means a 5 1 2 foot person with a vertical 1 foot reach can safely access a point 4 feet beyond the length of the ladder.
I don t have a ladder long enough to reach that high and even if i did i don t feel comfortable walking it.
Stand no higher than two steps down from the top of a step ladder.
Ways to work on a steeply pitched roof.
Height of your house 4 angle a so a 25 4 6.
The length of.
To the reach height.
Suppose it s 25 ft.
The possibility of slipping and falling makes working on any roof dangerous but it s especially so if the roof rises more than 4 feet for every 12 feet of.
I want to treat it by applying bleach and or a commercial product called wet and forget.
Step by step calculation.
For each 4 ft.