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Gentlemen,
On the subject of roofing cushions we have found scraps of carpet padding seem to work well though not as comfy perhaps.
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A few moons ago I recall reading something on Breaktime about using the sponges from couch cushions to sit on while working on a roof. The idea I guess was to keep from sliding down the steeper pitches without the constant use and moving of roof jacks. Plus I suppose it is cosy.
I had long since forgot the suggestion and was working on a roof the other day when one of the new guys, watching me slide down the catwalks after every shingle I laid, asked if I ever tried using a cushion.
A bell rang in my head, remembering the Breaktiime post, and I instructed one of the fellas to walk over a street and pull some cushions off a couch in the trash. (imagine the looks he got walking around with a couple of beat up couch cushions) I used one of the sponges and I was completely amazed! the damn thing sticks to a roof like mad. and it is comfy.
Thanks to whoever suggested it to me so long ago, wherever you are. There will always be a few sponges (besides the employees) on every roof job I do from now on.
Cushily,
Pete Draganic
*I'm going to take credit, but someone else might have mentioned it too. I've never tried it, but witnessed a very young, and hip shingling crew doing it. I was truly impressed at their work ethic, quality, and watched as they deftly stuck to their cushions!Should I be thinking about using these somehow on the roughs?I can't see where they would be good, as we cover a lot more ground, and rarely stand, or kneel in one spot, like a shingler.Blue
*Blue,I am so extremely impressed with the sponge's performance, (I am not easy to impress either) that I am debating sewing them to my shoes.Seriously, They really did an amazingly fantastic job at keeping me in place. The idea sounded kinda hokey-pokey at first but man did it work swell. Try it sometime and let me know what you think. I imagine it probably works far better if you shingle up the roof in columns instead of across in rows. (less moving around).Pete Draganic
*Yeah, those guys shingled vertically. He also warned that he had to stand on the top portion of the pad, or it would have atendency to roll, and roll him off Blue
*I've noticed that too. Stay at the top and sit/kneel kinda sideways or your pant legs will stick to the sponge but your legs will slide outta you pants.Pete Draganic
*I actually could have used the sponge Yesterday, but forgot all about it. i had to go up on a 11/12, and apply 7 pieces of siding that we inadvertantly left off. i couldn't stick, and endedup niling a 1x2 kicker through the shingles. i wish I would have rememberd the cushion trick!I don't know where I would have found any, but I would havedrove around to look! And that's always agood thing!Blue
*Hey Pete, I go out of town on vacation and right away blue is taking credit for my posts.I suggested the cushions back on the tools under $10 thread.The cushions are fan-freaking-tastic!I bet you are slapping yourself silly wishing you never went on a roof without them.I would give up my air compressor before I would part with my grungy cushions!Glad you liked the idea,Stephen
*Pete,Just thought of someting else.About 5 months after I started using the couch cushions I saw roof cushions advertised in a roofing magazine I get.I sent away for the catalogue and when it arrived I saw they were getting $110 per cushion.I admidt theirs were a little fancier but since you can get the same results for free I think $110 is a little steep!I see you work out of cleveland and I know you have some nasty steep roofs up there.Even nastier than we have down here in Akron.I used to spend a lot of time setting up toe boards on steep roofs to Re -flash old chimneys.Now I usually just run a hook ladder up to the general area,toss over a few cushions and go to work.(10/12,12/12,14/12) saves a lot of time and much safer than it soundsGo Tribe! Stephen
*Sorry if I stepped on you Stephen!I know I mentioned it somewhere in this forum, but of course, I haven't read any of the archives, and would have no way of knowing that you originally mentioned it. They are a great idea though! Blue
*all this sounds to go to be true. Any body us those "tiger roofing shoes?" Remind me of rock climbing shoes. Watched a roofer walk up a 14/12 pitch wearing them........b Daring to go where no man was gone before
*I need some of them! I've never heard of them, where/what are they bill?Blue
*We were building a cupla on a roof that we had staged with scaffold and the roofer had to fix some flashing. So being a nice guy I told him that he could use our stuff to reach his work. He laughted and walked up the roof. After i got my jaw off the ground He told me that the local roofing center sold a soft bottom shoe for roofers.
*Gentlemen,On the subject of roofing cushions we have found scraps of carpet padding seem to work well though not as comfy perhaps.
*A pair of my good work boots came to an untimely death on a Saturday afternoon. Closest store sold only junk boots, but bought a pair anyway. I found out through error that soft soles are the way to go on a roof. I keep my soft-soled "junk" boots in the closet until it's time to go up high.
*The method seems to meet the approval of several of you folk. I was wondering, tho, if it has been signed-off on by OSHA and the various workmens' compensation carriers.Brian
*BOf course...It's included in the "sponge use" addendum...Near the stream, soking this all up,J