So Lassie my dog isn't

[Dozerboy]

I got stuck on my roof today... And she just sat there any looked at me.:hello::thumb:

I had a few shingles get pulled lose in a storm we had 11/2 week ago. Stuck most of then down this last weekend, but the one tube of sealant of had wasn't quite enough. I have a rule that I don't get on the roof unless my wife is home to call 911 when I fall off it. Its a taller then normal 2 story with a pretty steep pitch. Well I broke that rule today since the wind was hitting 30mph today and I didn't want it to tear the shingle off the roof.

I was going to clamp the ladder to the gutter, but didn't have much trouble getting the ladder up by myself and the wind was blowing it against the house. So I thought it would be ok. It also didn't budge for the bit it was up before I went up on the roof. It sure did though about 1min after I got up on the roof though.

So called my wife to get our neighbors #, but its in the house ofcorse. So I went back to fixing the roof and waited for someone to drive by. After a few attempts to get some of our neighbors attention that where driving by failed I was contemplating jumping. Then our next door neighbor can home and heard me holler and came to my rescue.
He is a really nice guy and always comes and chats or helps me when I out working in the yard, but he doesn't speak English all that great and isn't the kind of guy that knows how to use a extension ladder. After a bit and help from another neighbor they got the ladder up and I was on my way down.

Now I have to fix the few pickets off my fence that the ladder broke on its way down. Atleast the ladder was ok or I would of jumped since I can think of any of our neighbors that have a tall enough ladder.

 

[dmaxman06]

hahahahaha classic i got stuck on my moms roof one time fixing some stuff for her while she was at work same wind ladder that u had but there was no calling phone was inside and she lives in the sticks her closest neighbors is like 500 yards away and it was elary so she wouldnt be home for at leats 8 hrs i was just luckey that there is a mound of dirt in the back that i jumped to and so made it only like a 8 ft jump lol

 

[SmokeShow]

what an ordeal! What was the elapsed time on the roof?

 

[JMK777]

I can picture it.:roflmao: glad you made it down safe:thumb:

 

[TheBac]

Im sorry, but I was :rofl: the whole time I read that. Sounds like something that would happen to me.

 

[MadMaxx61]

Been there man.


I am a bigger guy and me and roofs dont see eye to eye. I only go up on them if I have a long rope from me to the ladder ( long so it wont pull you down if it falls ) that way I can get it back up if it gos down.

 

[blk smoke lb7]

Pretty funny glad you made it down ok,you probably wouldnt bounce much when you hit the ground:rofl:

 

[red1977]

Sounds like something that would happen to me. Only difference is my neighbors would not come help me they don't like me.

 

[fctry286]

Haahaa. Its funny, but glad you are OK.

 

[Dozerboy]

I wasn't up there to long maybe 30-45mins. I'm glad some of you feel you have the same luck as me. Since I felt pretty brilliant at the time. What a cliche "man goes on roof only to get stuck up there". Whats funny is I grew up building houses and never once though that the ladder might actually fall and I would be stuck up there. I normally walk around the roof fairly carelessly, but not after the ladder fell since taking a tumble off the roof is normally the next thing that happens to The Tool Man.