I need to do some maintenance work (remove bird nests and install plastic mesh) around some solar panels on the tile roof of a 3 storey 1970s building. I am having trouble getting the solar contractors to come back and do the work, they keep saying they're too busy for the last 3 months, so thinking of doing it myself as one of my hobbies is climbing/playing at height. I have harnesses, ropes, slings, carabiners, helmets, etc.
The building is 9.3m tall from floor to roof, roof has flimsy plastic gutter guards all around it so leaning a ladder on the roof is not an option. No ladder bracket either. Also I can't see any anchors on this roof while standing on top floor balcony, or on the roofs of neighbouring buildings built around the same era.
The questions are:
1. Can roof anchors fall off, or were they not mandatory for buildings in the 70s?
2. How to work safely on a roof without fixed anchors? Are there safe temporary anchor systems that I can use and how do I install them?
3. If I hire a scissor lift to get up the roof do I need a licence to operate it on my own property?
4. If I anchor myself to a scissor lift and fall off, am I likely to topple the scissor lift and have the whole thing collapse on me?
Thanks for all your advice and opinions.
The building is 9.3m tall from floor to roof, roof has flimsy plastic gutter guards all around it so leaning a ladder on the roof is not an option. No ladder bracket either. Also I can't see any anchors on this roof while standing on top floor balcony, or on the roofs of neighbouring buildings built around the same era.
The questions are:
1. Can roof anchors fall off, or were they not mandatory for buildings in the 70s?
2. How to work safely on a roof without fixed anchors? Are there safe temporary anchor systems that I can use and how do I install them?
3. If I hire a scissor lift to get up the roof do I need a licence to operate it on my own property?
4. If I anchor myself to a scissor lift and fall off, am I likely to topple the scissor lift and have the whole thing collapse on me?
Thanks for all your advice and opinions.