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Roof ladder
A roof ladder is crucial to guarantee roof safety
The purpose of roof ladder is to avert accidents due to ladders sliding down or to the side and rocking ladders. More precisely, it is a suspended ladder with a ridge hook at the top which rests against the opposite side of a pitched roof. Moreover, bearers underneath the climbing face of the ladder support the ladder. This ensures a sufficient distance between the ladder and the roof. However, it cannot be used as a leaning ladder or bridge. Namely, ladders on roofs are designed for use on a sloping area and they must not be used on flat roofs or very steeply pitched roofs.
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Ladders on the roof must be equipped with a CWL Safety System as well as a rail for the anchoring of personal fall protections. This rail system lets personnel to move along the entire length of the ladder without having to reconnect the safety line.
Working on a roof is risky. As a matter of fact, nearly one in five deaths in construction relate to roof work. Likewise, both homeowners and professional roofers fall to their deaths. Examples of accidents that can occur are falling from roof edges or openings, through fragile materials or roof lights. Also, any work at height is a risk. In other words, the importance of roof safety cannot be underestimated.
Before climbing a ladder, you should take into account other potential ways the job could be done without working at height. Similarly, you should think about other safer approaches to working on the roof. For example, elevated work platforms, boom lifts or scaffolding.
As the only supplier on the market that works solely with roof safety, we at CW Lundberg have 30 years long experience in the business. Furthermore, based on customer utility and safety, as well as from an environmental perspective, we are continuously refining our products.
Our business in its current form was established in 1993. Since then, we have developed a complete range of products, all of which are developed, manufactured and delivered from our factory in Mora.
At Boverket you can read more about building regulations.
Access hatch
Access to the roof should be gained from inside the premises by means of an access hatch in most cases. At access heights with façade heights above 8 metres, this is the only alternative.
Ground ladder (loose ladder) with fixed slipguard.
Ground ladders can be used at an access height of 5 metres or lower.
