Roof Painting Platform

Carpentry, Exterior, Painting & Finishing, Roofing, Simple Solutions, Video by Joe Truini

If you’ve ever painted dormers or half gables on the outside of a house you know that resting a paint can while working on a rooftop can really be tricky. Our solution: create a triangular platform with an angle opposite the roof (a bevel gauge and level will show you what the level needs to be). We made ours of half-inch plywood with a lip around the top. To give the platform traction on the steep roof we attached two strips of self-adhesive weatherstrip to the underside.

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One Response to “Roof Painting Platform”

  1. Dawn Says:
    September 5th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    I am watching my husband paint the exterior of our house and the gabled ends of the A-frame (which is on a walk out basement) are very high. Probably 36-40 feet high. So far we have figured out how to paint most of the house safely. We are looking for a lift or something to paint this last gable. I’m worried about safety. Do you have ideas on how to safely paint such a high area. The house is on a hillside and the driveway slopes downward.

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