How To Tie Off On A Roof

At this point there is no more use for the throwing line it can be disconnected from the rope.

How to tie off on a roof.

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. Tie off or you better have the paper work required to back up what your doing. Now the rope runs over the sloping roof. Continue up roof in this way making sure you re stable before unclipping and re clipping.

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. Once on roof reach further up rope and tie a second loop. Steady yourself unclip harness from first loop and clip it onto second loop.

Both permanent and temporary roof anchor points are available. Roof anchors can be as simple as a d ring connection or as complex as a complete lifeline system. Basically everyone falls under osha 1926 standard now.