[RE-wrenches] Fall protection anchors for comp shingle roofs

[Hans Frederickson]

Andrew,
This is my favorite:
http://www.superanchor.com/retrofit.html

It has a butyl strip under the steel strap which helps seal the nail
penetrations, and if you install it properly, all of the penetrations will
end up underneath the ridge shingles. When you're done, you can just leave
it for future maintenance use. We use roof accessory spray paint to help
them blend in with the roof.

Regards,
-Hans

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[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
Truitt
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:03 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Fall protection anchors for comp shingle roofs



Has anyone found roof anchors that are designed to span the ridge cap on
existing composition shingle roofs?  We have a number of different types of
anchors that we attach on the north side of the roof with screws into the
truss but that invariably leaves the issues that result from running a rope
over the peak: crushing the ridge cap, damaging the ridge cap shingles, wear
on the rope, etc...  We use the "carpet or cardboard on the ridge" method
but it is imperfect.  We have one anchor that is designed to span the ridge
on unfinished roofs with a 6" leather strap but it won't span most ridge
caps.  I'm looking at the Guardian Fall Protection catalog - which is
awesome - but it doesn't have anything for this particular application.

Thoughts?


Andrew 
Standard Solar Inc.


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