Simple Brace Holds Roof Ladder Steady

Simple Brace Holds Roof Ladder Steady BUILDINGS Miscellaneous FARM SHOW subscriber Pat Olive came up with a simple solution to secure a ladder on the roof using a brace made out of scrap lumber When he needed to repair leaks and fix popped nails on his shed roofs he made a simple ladder brace The top is a narrow platform made of two 2 by 6 boards It’s attached to two long 2 by 4’s cross-braced with 1 by 4’s “One concern was that the top part might lift up away from the roof ” Olive says “This was solved by attaching a light check chain near the top of each 2 by 4 The free ends of the chains are temporarily screwed to the side of the shed thus preventing any upward movement of the brace ” Olive used 7-ft long 2 by 6’s that he had on hand which allows him to work on 12 ft of the roof at a time Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Pat Olive 6560 340th St Stacy Minn 55079 ph 651 462-1691

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