When you set out to choose the best roofing ladders for your work, remember that afterwards you will need to keep them in a safe condition. Apart from maintaining them for a longer life it is important for your safety and the safety of anyone else who uses these roofing ladders.
Buying the best quality roofing ladders at the beginning helps and then you need to follow the safety checks as you use them over time.
1. Maintain and store your roof ladders in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 2. Do a pre-use check each working day on your roof ladder. 3. Do a current detailed visual inspection.
Putting the jargon to one side, pre-use checks and detailed visual inspections are both looking for any obvious defects. Detailed visual inspections should be recorded whereas pre-use checks should be an automatic aspect of the users’ training.
Any accessories or ladder stability devices which form part of the equipment for the job should also be pre-checked and inspected in line with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Equipment which accompanies working with roof ladders such as hook attachments which secure the ladder rungs in place with the use of a clamp should be part of your working kit and in the same way you need to ensure that they are in safe working condition.
Always buy the best quality roofing ladders and do the necessary checks every working day.
