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. 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. How to stabilise the ladder to a roof.

Homemade roof ladders can be made with utility lumber and assembled using wood screws. Position the ladder two to three feet away from the chimney or any vents. Measure the distance from the ground or a landing to the edge of the roof. Gather all the necessary tools.

Add 4 feet to this measurement and cut two pieces of 2 inch by 4 inch utility lumber to this length for ladder rails. This is not a whole ladder but a few rungs that you attach to the top of your ladder. Its only role is to give you more support as you make the transition from ladder to the roof. For safety reasons a roof ladder must be long enough to stand at a convenient angle and extend above the edge of the 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. Make sure the ladder has been secured to the roof in the proper way.