How To Attach Roof Safety Harness

Don t work more than 4 ft.

How to attach roof safety harness.

Snap hook of harness into loop. Inspect the roofing harness for any damage put on the harness and adjust the shoulder straps make sure the d ring is upper middle part of the shoulder adjust the leg straps adjust the chest straps final adjustment for a fit snug but still allow for a full range of movement. Clip the end of the safety rope to the ring on the roof anchor. The workers attach themselves to those points with their safety harnesses and then get started with their work at heights.

The rope that runs over the sloping roof can be attached to the safety eye with a safety hook. Step 5 attach the final rope. The final rope you will be attaching is the lanyard. Always move slowly and carefully to keep your balance.

Then clip the lanyard to the d ring on the back of the harness squeeze the rope grab and slide it along the safety rope to reposition the lanyard on the rope as you move around the roof. Choosing products that are substantially tested and widely used by professionals is always a safe option. Here are a few of the key points. You re now ready to step onto roof.

Never reuse a harness or lanyard that has been. Step 6 attach yourself. A jamb anchor can be clamped between the frame of a window or the posts of a door. As far as possible walk only on line of screws on metal roofs and on front of roof tiles where they are double thickness and suppor ted by a timber batten underneath.

The second rope you will attach is the rope grab this simply fits over the first rope. However the jamb anchor is always wider than the frame or the doorpost which means that it cannot be installed if there is no room for the end that sticks out. Inspect the harness and lanyard for loose stitching and worn webbing. Adjust the harness buckles for a snug fit.

Make sure you are wearing a safety harness and correctly attach yourself to the above system. Locate the roof anchor directly above where you ll be working on the roof.