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Posted By Rik Hutchins
I am currently undertaking flat roof assessments for the estates department
of a large university. It has approximately 250+ flat roofs, ranging from
the very large, with high volumes of plant, to small roofs with no plant on
them at all. All are over 2m in height with some 14 stories high. Some of
the roofs require access almost routinely with others needing access only
for specific maintenance tasks or routine tasks such as gutter cleaning.
Now here's the problem, some have good edge protection i.e. fixed barriers
to all elevations, some have limited i.e. fixed barriers but only 600mm or
so high and some have nothing what's so ever. I have read lots of
literature concerning a safe place of work etc and am still unclear, I am
led to believe that fixed barrier protection should be provided, painted
walkways are not suitable etc. Can anyone give me a clearer understanding
on what advice I should be starting from, surely I can't insist that all
roofs that are accessed require fixed edge protection at least 900mm high or
can I?
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Posted By CJ
We had exactly the same problem. We could'nt have fixed guard rails, because it would have involved punctureing the roof, We could'nt afford a free standing handrail system, the cost would have been more than a million pounds! In the end we bought a few temporary freestanding sets, they form an L shape and are 2m by 4m, we put one on each of the roofs so if work had to be carried out they could be assembled and moved into place. they are not as restrictive as mobile man anchors but if the work is to be carried out less than 2m from the edge a man anchor would have to be worn while assembling the rails. As for gutter cleaning, we plan to get a pressure washer so the operative can stay more than 2m from the edge, however, this may cause a risk of falling materials so areas below might have to be made no entry for the duration of work. Its not a straight forward problem.
good luck whatever you decide to do.
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