How To Lift Plywood Onto Roof

For 4 or more sheets purchase 2 pairs of metal sawhorse brackets about 5 pair for 2x4 lumber.

How to lift plywood onto roof.

Make sure you distribute the load well too if it is a big roof. You may be able to sling a bundle over your shoulder and safely climb and extension ladder onto the roof but soon your shoulder will be protesting and chances are you ll be looking for a new method. Place them perpendicular to the wall. To get a sheet to the roof i dropped a sheet into the chute letting it catch on the lower block.

No back breaking necessary. I m doing a 560 sqft addition on the house by myself. A tension grapple closes when pulled opens when released can grab a whole sheet of plywood and lift it to the second floor very efficiently. The attarchment they give you with it for plywood works great too.

Build braced acceptors of 2 4 that will act as tables for the plywood. We used it for studs and plywood all the time. Special thanks to youtube member chase koop for this great idea. Credit for this little tidbit goes to john carroll author of the book working alone from taunton publishing.

Lifting sheathing onto roof another option is to clamp a c clamp onto the sheathing and use it as a handle pulling the sheathing up behind you as you climb a ladder. And make 2 sawhorses about 4 feet high. These should be secured to the roof and allow for the forks of the boom to slide out once the plywood has been placed. Make it tall enough so that you can pull the sheets from the roof and install them in place.

A simple way to get a bunch of sheets to the roof is to build a simple rack out of framing lumber 2x4s are fine on the ground onto which you stack your plywood sheets. If you feel that you re up to the task most hardware stores sell shoulder mounted sling bags designed to distribute the weight of a load of shingles more evenly. Go onto the roof and lift the sheathing one sheet at a time. Lifting sheathing onto roof before i bought a lull i bought a shingle hoist.

I came up with using some scrap wood to build a ramp with wedges to safely push sheets to the roof by m. On the end of the 4 by 4 inch piece attach with a u bolt a pulley large enough to handle 1 2 inch rope. 2 4 with a v cut into its end as a push stick to lift the sheet to the eave line where one of the crew members could grab it. The key here is to have your roof fully braced and able to handle the load.

I was able to lift 10 sheets of 5 8 plywood onto the roof of a garage that i m building.