# Roof with a hole **URL:** \ **Category:** Roofing Inspections\ **Created:** [June 12, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816 "2012-06-12T20:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimenez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@jjimenez](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jjimenez)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/21 "2012-06-14T23:11:00Z")
Haha. I will watch you two weekends from now. I am going to crash one of your inspections. You don’t have a choice in the matter ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/22 "2012-06-14T23:57:23Z")
> [@tpappas](#): > > It’s easy Juan. Right foot then left foot and don’t fall off 🙂 Gotta luv it:D ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/23 "2012-06-15T00:13:21Z")
> [@jjimenez](#): > > Charley why don’t you write an article on walking roofs for home inspectors. I asked a while back for some advice. All i got was a link to cougar paws and a bunch of people telling me to stop doing it. The ones telling you not to do it are the ones that perform one inspect a week and spend the rest of the time talking trash on this BB and would not know sickum from come here about squat. Its easy to know when not to. When your cheeks grab your under ware its time to stay on the ladder I walk them up to 48 degrees and always use the valley its like walking steps to the ridge cap. Always keep a ledge, a valley, a chimney something between you and the edge if you ever start sliding there is no stopping short of the ground. In my 16th year and never had a fall. Common sense and caution is the rule of the day. I always chose my spot for roof climbing while making my foundation tour ---
**Author:** ![swaskewicz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/swaskewicz/32/1400_2.png) [@swaskewicz](https://forum.nachi.org/u/swaskewicz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/24 "2012-06-15T00:17:22Z")
I’m not sure I would have attempted to walk the wooden shingles…:shock: ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/25 "2012-06-15T01:00:00Z")
> [@swaskewicz](#): > > I’m not sure I would have attempted to walk the wooden shingles…:shock: They can be trickey must have a good safe approach a good valley not to damage the shingles. The one indicated above I had a metal roof over the front porch and a good valley with hand holds on the edge of a soffit/fascia board no chance for falling and no damaged shingles there were already enough of them before I arrived home was build in 04 and shingles had a bad case of curling ---
**Author:** ![tpappas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/tpappas/32/1126_2.png) [@tpappas](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tpappas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/26 "2012-06-15T02:29:35Z")
Sometimes you find a roof top garden ![DSCF0661.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/a/4/a48ae3bae4c682cbcd5b553e0d15ba6c5d4ce058.jpeg) ![DSCF0672.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/4/9/493ae39d1e12d879a42ca073e0504cc1cc192471.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/27 "2012-06-16T01:33:26Z")
Yo Farnsworth you are avoiding me, the pic of the guy on the ridgeline could have been you. Come go climbing with me its not much of a drive were almost neighbors. ![DSCF0838.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/5/1/51ef338b3b35b18aa7b3987684b75c15bae0e5d6.jpeg) ![DSCF0864.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/f/d/fd8edca2e251c9c79c04a32ffd2a68d53db92da5.jpeg) ![DSCF0868.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/8/e/8eca5bfefc8b2e5287b8cb67beb604e407838780.jpeg) ![DSCF0867.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/7/6/76139edf76ee75a55b4ae585e56d25febe67d09e.jpeg) ![DSCF0876.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/4/0/404f50e5ed8999a5ac3e8311a3aea24e29cab7da.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/28 "2012-06-16T23:26:32Z")
Hey Farnsworth had one today you could have climbed it with a 4 foot ladder. Ya sure are missing some good training:p:p ![DSCF0974.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/3/e/3e455cceba7a4ce59ebacc58f44aa51d01a93ebe.jpeg) ![DSCF0934.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/7/2/7211799b84019d7d2ca3027c726da7dc0f8acc78.jpeg) ![DSCF0972.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/5/2/52c385f567ff71d3a365b8aebd1b20a5cc1a44db.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/29 "2012-06-17T00:27:45Z")
Climbing and inspecting is easy Charley, climbing and building is a little more demanding. 🙂 I’ll join you anytime you get a little closer buddy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mgratton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mgratton/32/58251_2.png) [@mgratton](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mgratton)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/30 "2012-06-17T00:46:54Z")
> [@mcyr](#): > > Climbing and inspecting is easy Charley, 😉 Agree! Coming down is another story though…:shock: ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/31 "2012-06-17T01:08:25Z")
🙂 Technique is just different, that’s is all. ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/32 "2012-06-17T02:11:37Z")
> [@mcyr](#): > > Climbing and inspecting is easy Charley, climbing and building is a little more demanding. > > 🙂 > > I’ll join you anytime you get a little closer buddy. 😉 Just say where:D ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/33 "2012-06-19T01:40:51Z")
Farnsworth did two today one your style from the ladder and one that would make a grown man cry, high pucker factor. Just bring your bad self down here just one trip and I will have you making money again ![DSCF1120.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/0/b/0b7b400178fccbed01b869fd3867a2ca195bad77.jpeg) ![DSCF1049.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/3/c/3cc776bb8ac294c659c3fcc6abb8751de2005b98.jpeg) ![DSCF1020.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/f/4/f4a6fe3cf7d10fad9ddf40f531026575a4f9f86d.jpeg) ![DSCF1094.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/1/0/103dc8567fa42cbf76329e5e81a109299aafd8fe.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mcyr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mcyr/32/173319_2.png) [@mcyr](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mcyr)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/34 "2012-06-20T00:00:59Z")
Hail Damage Charley?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cbottger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/cbottger/32/206_2.png) [@cbottger](https://forum.nachi.org/u/cbottger)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/35 "2012-06-20T03:46:13Z")
> [@mcyr](#): > > Hail Damage Charley?🙂 Nah they change the shingles not the rain caps they cost to much money:( ---
**Author:** ![kshepard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/kshepard/32/59504_2.png) [@kshepard](https://forum.nachi.org/u/kshepard)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/36 "2012-06-20T04:54:31Z")
> [@jjimenez](#): > > Charley why don’t you write an article on walking roofs for home inspectors. I asked a while back for some advice. All i got was a link to cougar paws and a bunch of people telling me to stop doing it. (http://www.nachi.org/mastering-roof-inspections.htm#ixzz1yJ2pV0VZ) http://www.nachi.org/mastering-roof-inspections.htm#ixzz1yJ2pV0VZ ---
**Author:** ![dbowers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dbowers/32/59651_2.png) [@dbowers](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dbowers)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/37 "2012-06-21T05:51:41Z")
Charley - Don’t know if I missed something but why you all hammering Gary. I Been doing this longer than anybody between St. Louis & Denver and on this board, and some I walk … some I don’t … and some as soon as you see them you got enough damage to call roofer / walking is a waste of your time and plain stupid. Never had a roof complaint … YET Look at a few examples of NOT climbed roofs and tell me why ![Roof.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/5/8/585475facfcb40352e6aba2674a317b3d4a9827f.jpeg) ![HOUSES-R1-5A.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/2/3/2355d07a6ae12bba2d0d6a22d99b6d3d37aaf359.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dbowers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dbowers/32/59651_2.png) [@dbowers](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dbowers)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/38 "2012-06-21T05:58:04Z")
Few more examples of NOT climbed roofs Figure out why they were not climbed Once you guys look at my 2 posts with 7 houses, the smarter ones will understand why not all roofs should be OR need to be climbed by the home inspector. ![007216-R1-24.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/b/4/b4aa097c330494b46a0dc4e6ce7b869823d7d2d5.jpeg) ![022032-R1-9.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/3X/a/8/a8e85c499836bcd2d49ffb4a79cdd8782dc758bd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dbowers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/dbowers/32/59651_2.png) [@dbowers](https://forum.nachi.org/u/dbowers)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/39 "2012-06-21T06:01:48Z")
Oh by the way about 2 years ago I was asked to go to Columbia, MO and inspect a 26,000 sf home for a member of a large wholesale club family. The roof had 6 levels with about a 45’ drop off the rear down a very steep ravine / yard and I walked every level … BUT not 1 of the 7 houses in the 2 previous posts ---
**Author:** ![gfarnsworth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/gfarnsworth/32/179646_2.png) [@gfarnsworth](https://forum.nachi.org/u/gfarnsworth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816/40 "2012-06-21T11:58:31Z")
10 years and thousands of inspections, I have walked maybe 20 roofs. You just do not need to. There is just too much risk of damage, and injury. In college, I roofed dozens of homes for summer money. Too much risk. Those of you that do must have large egos. [Previous page](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.nachi.org/t/roof-with-a-hole/69816.md?page=3)