Make Your Own Roof Ladder

Pull the roof ladder up to the roof and lay it on the roof with the wheels facing down.

Make your own roof ladder.

You shouldn t lean this part of the ladder against the home or roof. Make sure the ladder has been secured to the roof in the proper way. Homemade roof ladders can be made with utility lumber and assembled using wood screws. The wheels will roll across the tiles or shingles instead of knocking them loose.

Gather all the necessary tools. Homemade roof ladders can be made with utility lumber and assembled using wood screws. Measure the distance from the ground or a landing to the edge of the roof. Add 4 feet to this measurement and cut two pieces of 2 inch by 4 inch utility lumber to this length for ladder rails.

Instead this part should pop up above the roof face. For safety reasons a roof ladder must be long enough to stand at a convenient angle and extend above the edge of the roof. How to stabilise the ladder to a roof. Now that we know the steps you need to take before you get on the roof with your roof we are now ready to move ahead and talk about what you need to do.

This is not a whole ladder but a few rungs that you attach to the top of your ladder. This allows you to maintain balance while climbing the ladder and to access the roof safely.