Thread: This morning's roof

Forgot my snowshoes...

Similar Threads:

• Roof installed on top of older roof ?
• T1-11 as roof sheathing for patio roof
• Nodules on rubber roof; rubber roof longevity?
• This morning's hand rail
• roof slope vs roof pitch

We just missed that storm here Looks like you got more coming too.

Did you use the broom to get to the roof? Probably safer than climbing a 24ft ladder in the snow!!

//Rick

Originally Posted by Rick Bunzel

Did you use the broom to get to the roof? Probably safer than climbing a 24ft ladder in the snow!!//Rick

Yup... step-through bars will get you on and off the roof OK, it's making sure the bottom of the ladder won't kick out that's the problem...

... and then, there's those pools of frozen water at the low spots under the snow...

Originally Posted by Rick Bunzel

Did you use the broom to get to the roof? Probably safer than climbing a 24ft ladder in the snow!!

//Rick

As a recent candidate for the Senate said, I am not a witch.

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Forgot my snowshoes...

So

You went on the roof toooooo


Maybe find a soft spot to fall thru or just to get a winter tan ?

I see the broom but I know you are not going to sweep the roof off,,,,,,right?

Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

So

You went on the roof toooooo


Maybe find a soft spot to fall thru or just to get a winter tan ?

I see the broom but I know you are not going to sweep the roof off,,,,,,right?

I did in fact sweep a couple spots so I could ID the type of roofing material. I also needed to look at the chimney top and flue.

Originally Posted by John Arnold

I did in fact sweep a couple spots so I could ID the type of roofing material. I also needed to look at the chimney top and flue.

I figured that is what you were up to. Mine this morning was too frosty and too steep to get on

Is that creosote oozing out of the chimney on the right?

Originally Posted by Jerry McCarthy

Is that creosote oozing out of the chimney on the right?

Nope. That's the classic Philadelphia roofing tar chimney "crown".

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Nope. That's the classic Philadelphia roofing tar chimney "crown".

It helps lock in the natural juices and keeps the chimney extra moist and juicy. Yum.

Originally Posted by Nick Ostrowski

It helps lock in the natural juices and keeps the chimney extra moist and juicy. Yum.

The clay liner was in remarkably good shape, probably due to the efficiency, or rather, lack thereof, of the 39 year old gas furnace.

So, it looks like the typical 2 if not three story Philadelphia home. Did you stick the tall extension ladder in the snow drift or just set the feet on the ice below.

Originally Posted by Ted Menelly

So, it looks like the typical 2 if not three story Philadelphia home. Did you stick the tall extension ladder in the snow drift or just set the feet on the ice below.

Actually this was a sort of non-typical one story row, so I really wasn't doing anything very scary. I flipped the ladder feet around and jammed them down into whatever was under the snow on the front concrete patio. It felt secure, so up I went with my broom.

I haven't been able to inspect a roof since the end of November.

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Forgot my snowshoes...

Forgot my sunscreen....
Sorry, John. Good to see a bit of weather doesn't hold you back. In this town we can't drive two blocks without crashing in snow like that.

Originally Posted by John Arnold

Forgot my snowshoes...

You will need snowshoes to get around up there. The streets are just slick with ice around here. It's like the city had to shut down.