It's not really defeat to admit you shouldn't be on a ladder. I'm afraid to even try it. What would happen to my animals if I'm laid up in the hospital is even scarier. They told me at the hospital that if I had come in the same day I fractured my ribs I would have been hospitalized. (Due to my young age of 67) I'm so glad I waited 5 days. I was so called doing so well they LET me go home. I'll be hoping and praying some permanent solution comes your way soon. Your knowledge is way more valuable then that roof.Ok, I'm admitting defeat. I'm just too old and insecure to work up a ladder about 15' off the ground.
I'm on a fixed income that hasn't changed in 20 years, which means there isn't any extra $$$ to hire it done.
The leaves have to be removed off my garage roof (a metal building) so they don't make the roof rust. Yesterday I dragged my electric leaf blower up the ladder and the closer I got to the top of the building the more nervous I became. You have to climb pretty high in order to get behind the leaves to blow them downhill. The ladder is on the side of the garage and the roof slopes down to the left. You have to work from the ladder because the metal panels won't support your weight.
So I need some suggestions, and bear in mind I don't think my homeowner insurance covers a non insured, non bonded college kid or some such.