Painting On A Steep Roof

Before you climb up the ladder put on some protective gloves.

Painting on a steep roof.

Mark the center of your 2 by 4 inch board using a tape measure and pencil. To give the platform traction on the steep roof we attached two strips of self adhesive weatherstrip to the underside. It can be either latex or. Clamp your two 4 foot sections together in the shape of an l.

Hold the nozzle of the sprayer 1 2 ft 30 61 cm away from your roof and pull the trigger. Cut your 2 by 4 inch board in half with the circular saw. For indoor surfaces use a wet rag. Very helpful in painting a gable end over a garage exactly as shown in old alex s photo.

First you have to grab a sponge and dip it in the mixture you just made. Calling in the experts to paint exterior dormers on a 17 pitch roof. We made ours of half inch plywood with a lip around the top. How to paint on a steep roof step 1.

How to paint dormers on a steep roof. My roofs are 5 12 so pretty easy to walk around on i get up there many times a year to blow out the gutters and sweep my chimney. Let go of the trigger at the end of your stroke. The center of an 8 foot long board.

Step 2 rinse off the thermoplastic polyolefin surface with a garden hose. Thermoplastic polyolefin coatings are almost always on roofs with very minimal sloping but in the rare occurrence of a steep thermoplastic polyolefin roof always start working at the top of the slope and move downward. Create a triangular platform with an angle opposite the roof a bevel gauge and level will show you what the level needs to be. Clean the dormer windows.

It comes as a set that. I do not like being on steep roofs and would probably not use this on anything steeper than 6 12. A roofing harness provides the extra security you need when working on such a roof. Some roofs are so high and so steep that even working from scaffolding can be dangerous.