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
Gotta luv it:D
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
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
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.
Hey Farnsworth had one today you could have climbed it with a 4 foot ladder. Ya sure are missing some good training:p:p
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. 
Agree! Coming down is another story though…:shock:
Technique is just different, that’s is all.
Just say where:D
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
Hail Damage Charley?
Nah they change the shingles not the rain caps they cost to much money:(
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
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.
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
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.