the 'todays job' thread

[openspaceman]

9 minutes ago, GWYNFIL said:

been there done that hope u had the van keys in your pocket! lol

Apart from the single line is there anything  bad about doing this? Okay @AHPP was probably doing personal work rather than business so no HSE consideration.

 

I have never used srt but my interest stems from watching the roofers hoisting PV panels onto a roof. All the firms specify scaffolding, which adds about 1500 quid to the cost of fitting two strings on adjacent hips.

 

The roofer doing the work rocks up, lifts tiles and fits the bars, makes good any tiles removed and then stands the panels up at the bottom of the scaffold, thence he lowers a hook, snags a panel and hauls it up, fixes it with clamps, does the same with the next but this time plugs the connector to the first  und so weiter.

 

It took him less than a day to fit 13 panels and I think it could all have been done by rope access from an anchor the other side of the building.

[AHPP]

21 minutes ago, GWYNFIL said:

been there done that hope u had the van keys in your pocket! lol

I did unclip while mum moved it six feet forward. Largely because earlier in the day I realised she was on careless driving form when she nearly catapulted me over a hedge pulling a lever on the skidsteer like it was an on/off switch. Fairly unsafe manbasketing.

 

[AHPP]

9 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

Apart from the single line is there anything  bad about doing this? Okay @AHPP was probably doing personal work rather than business so no HSE consideration.

 

I have never used srt but my interest stems from watching the roofers hoisting PV panels onto a roof. All the firms specify scaffolding, which adds about 1500 quid to the cost of fitting two strings on adjacent hips.

 

The roofer doing the work rocks up, lifts tiles and fits the bars, makes good any tiles removed and then stands the panels up at the bottom of the scaffold, thence he lowers a hook, snags a panel and hauls it up, fixes it with clamps, does the same with the next but this time plugs the connector to the first  und so weiter.

 

It took him less than a day to fit 13 panels and I think it could all have been done by rope access from an anchor the other side of the building.

The executive can stick it up their arse. 

[Mark Bolam]

😂

SRT without a Ropewrench is hard going though!

 

I’ve done it a few times if the ridges are rope friendly.

[openspaceman]

2 minutes ago, AHPP said:

The executive can stick it up their arse. 

I'll take that as your considered opinion that roof work cannot be undertaken safely by rope access then 🙂

[AHPP]

2 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

😂

SRT without a Ropewrench is hard going though!

 

I’ve done it a few times if the ridges are rope friendly.

I did put a bit of foam over the ridge, although I was only hanging against it when further up the roof. 

[AHPP]

46 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I'll take that as your considered opinion that roof work cannot be undertaken safely by rope access then 🙂

Course it can. It’s just a matter of whether it’s efficient and what the cost of crushing the gutters and bottom tiles if you slip is. I’ve done as much of this shed as possible from the skidder MEWP and the tower. Way easier than tiptoeing around on battens.

Edited June 30, 2023 by AHPP

[carlos]

9 hours ago, AHPP said:

SRT. Safe roofing technique. 
 

are you meant to fix through the troughs?

[AHPP]

1 minute ago, carlos said:

are you meant to fix through the troughs?

 

Two shops swore blind you can and the boss chose to go with it. I remain sceptical.

[carlos]

5 minutes ago, AHPP said:

 

Two shops swore blind you can and the boss chose to go with it. I remain sceptical.

fair enough,ive not used the square section stuff, just the traditional half round profile.