Everything You Need To Know About Roof Anchor Points

Overview

Working at heights is a dangerous job. People who are involved in washing the windows or painting or people who do roof repair work are always at risk. They are constantly at risk of falling and these falls are quite dangerous. Thus, if you are in such a job you should make sure that even other than having insurance, you must check that your roof must have some basic protection and fall-resistant equipment.

One of the most common fall-resistant equipment to be used on Roof Anchor Points. Safety room anchors are the basic safety devices which are either used alone on your roof or they are used in combination with other equipment. Safety room anchors are a sort of technological device that helps to protect yourself from any kind of roof accident.

Safety room anchors are also known by different names. Some call them davit. Some people call them tie-back, tie-back anchor, safety tie-back, safety anchor, U bar anchor, fall arrest anchor and likewise.

Roof Anchor Point

Roof anchor points are normally used in combination with other PPE (Personal Protection Equipment). This is very similar to the lanyard protection system or the harness. Roof anchor points are also available both in temporary and permanent forms. You can choose any one of them depending on your requirements.

To Choose a Safety Room Anchor Point, you must Take Following Points into Consideration:

#1 Kind of forces or external factors that these safety anchor points have to go through

#2 Type of work to be carried out by these safety anchor points

#3 Find out if these safety anchor points can be connected to a lanyard

#4 Part of the roof where these safety anchor points will be attached

Other than this there are many other important factors that must be considered before going for a safety room anchor point installation.

Let’s Have a Look at Some of the Important Points to be Checked:

Number of People:

The installation of a safety room anchor point will depend on the number of people working at a time on your roof. If it’s only 1 person then you can easily install temporary roof anchor points. If it is a team working, then you need to figure out the height and only then the safety room anchor point can be installed accordingly.

#1 Fall Arrest Anchor Point vs Rope Access Anchor Point: A fall arrest anchor point is all about helping a person or minimizing the effects of his fall when he falls from a certain height. The ultimate load for fall arrest anchor points is 15kN whereas rope access anchor points are the ones 12kN.

#2 Points where the installation is to be done: This is a very important step. You must check which are the points where the safety room anchor point will be installed. This will help you in a number of ways. The safety room anchor point will be majorly dependent on the point where the installation will be done. Thus, if you are planning to have roof anchor points installed on your roof then you must decide on the spot first.

#3 Points not used: You also must remember that there are some points that you need to avoid during roof anchor points installation. These are not safe points. Points like light fixtures, standard guardrails, lanyards, vents, wiring harnesses, rebar, fans and likewise.

Thus, above are some of the very important tips which will play a major role in roof anchor points installation which you must bear in mind.