Power Washing and Roof Cleaning Forum

njacobson · Veteran Member

brand new again

Fred W · Guru

Nick,

I love ya brother.....you need to buy a ladder stabilizer and help keep yourself safe.

Oh....and great job!

njacobson · Veteran Member

Thanks Doug. I probably will end up buying one to be cool, even though ive been a roofer and working on roofs everyday for the last 16 years!!! lol
I can't thank you enough for your help! I'm off to a great start, and I owe it to you.

njacobson · Veteran Member

Correction... I owe it to many of you guys that have helped and aided in my qustions and your own posts that ive studied. But Doug here has really made himself available on several occasions via phone and text to coach me through the start up process

and note: I do not work off that ladder. I have been walking my roof cleanings

BlueRidge · Approved Exterior Cleaner

It's so good to hear that Doug is doing something! The roof looks great!

As to rinse or not to rinse... that certainly is your call. Between the cost of water, labor and making the job last longer. We spray and move on. It could mean one more small job for the day.

The Ladder Max stabilizer is worth every penny for two reasons. The ladder stays at angles you might not want due to those bushes in the exact spot a ladder needs to be. After 39 years of doing ladder work of sorts, I think the stabilizer is a necessary item since ladders slide on gutters. One of my big selling points is we won't be denting or scratching your gutters.

I won't let the guys walk anything over 5/12.

-- Edited by BlueRidge on Sunday 27th of March 2016 05:48:36 AM

Fred W · Guru

Thanks for all the kudos Nick but as always I need to pass them on to everyone else and to Ray Burke in particular. He really helped/helps me and it's my way of paying him and everyone else back. You have a ton of experience in the roofing arena and soon you will be giving advice and just helping give us all a good name.

Believe me, I get calls and won't talk to many of them. Many are just about how much can I make and not about doing a good job or doing the job right.

I like the way Brett said it "The ladder stays at angles you might not want due to those bushes in the exact spot a ladder needs to be. After 39 years of doing ladder work of sorts, I think the stabilizer is a necessary item since ladders slide on gutters. One of my big selling points is we won't be denting or scratching your gutters."

I did forget that you were walking the roof.

Bryan P · Approved Exterior Cleaner

That looks great Nick! I can't wait to get my stuff and get started.

Walking the roof...that would make things so much easier. Not a lot of low slopes like that here though, and insurance wants 28% if we are on the roof vs. 3% if we're not. :(

njacobson · Veteran Member

most all roofs around me are below 5/12...easy walking

Fred W · Guru

Oh that's so cheating!

njacobson · Veteran Member

i do not walk tile and metal however, even though I am capable. I don't want the liability of breaking tile from walking on them, and the metal.. just too darn slick with water and solution applied. And I never put a ladder on a gutter. Don't want the responsibility of denting or scratching. That's why you see the ladder on the gable end in the picture with the gutters. But yes, i can certainly see where a homeowner would appreciate a stand-off/stabilizer fixed to an extension ladder.