How To Tie Off On A Roof

Pull the entire throwing line over the roof until the rope is reached.

How to tie off on a roof.

Both permanent and temporary roof anchor points are available. Tie off or you better have the paper work required to back up what your doing. Basically everyone falls under osha 1926 standard now. Continue up roof in this way making sure you re stable before unclipping and re clipping.

Steady yourself unclip harness from first loop and clip it onto second loop. Once on roof reach further up rope and tie a second loop. Roof anchors can be as simple as a d ring connection or as complex as a complete lifeline system. It replaces the old directive which allowed contractors to not tie off on certain things like setting trusses.

Anchor points are usually installed on the roof and are used to connect lanyards lifelines and other forms of tie off which prevent a worker from falling. That all changes in june when this new directive goes into effect. Don t pull yourself up by rope it is just there to save you if you slip.