Roof safety equipment once you re on the roof using safety gear can prevent a serious fall.
Getting onto roof.
Nailing roof brackets starting at 18.
Use a sturdy extension ladder that extends at least 3 feet above the eaves to climb onto the roof and secure the bottom to the foundation and the top to the eaves or fascia so it doesn t move.
Keep the base of the ladder at least 1 foot out from the house for every 3 feet in height.
Getting back onto the ladder off the roof is merely a matter of reversing your steps as you hold onto the top end of the ladder with your hands.
Obey this setback rule.
Hand carrying obviously the cheapest but also the most physically taxing method is simply carrying the roofing materials by hand onto the roof.
However you may soon find that the toughest part of the entire job is getting the heavy material up to the roof in the first place something that can be solved in a number of ways.