Rope Protection Against Roof Edge
If you don t own one already buy 200 or rent about 30 per day a sturdy extension ladder that extends at least 3 ft.
Rope protection against roof edge. Above the roof edge. Ben crowell sep 27 15 at 20 41 normally i d agree but what makes this problem so legendary is the roof. What i love about ropesafe is how easy it is to put into our rope rescue systems. Great for high angle rescue confined space rescue water rescue search and rescue.
New haven fire dept. Sometime this might cause the rope to jam. This will damage the rope and make it harder to belay. Alternate force carries a wide variety of equipment and gear supporting the success of.
Jonathan has a hold of the edge protection market with a product nobody else can compete with. What we need to do is arrange some form of edge protection as in either case we want to avoid damaging the rope or the rock. Roofing safety system includes a universal harness 50 ft. Includes products by rescuetech isc and petzl.
Lifeline with shock absorbing lanyard and a temporary roof anchor. Rope edge protection devices like rope and roof rollers edge rollers edge pads which are used for technical rope rescue. The belay on the left is not extended far enough so the climbing rope is going to rub over the rock. The system provides a complete fall protection solution for the roofing contractor all in a convenient bucket.
If you run the climbing rope over an edge and top rope on it you re going to have horrible rope drag.