Bet he won’t do this again in a hurry . . .
Peter
How NOT to clear snow from your roof!
The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
He's lucky that only his pride was hurt.
I've seen this in a few places, and it's always labelled a "fail". I dunno – he got it all done very quickly, instead of being up there chipping away at it for hours. He fell a very short distance, onto some existing snow.
Metal roofs are great for shedding snow in a hurry… Apparently they shed people too!
Ohh… Yep, he WAS lucky! As an OBTW, you NORMALLY start stuff like that from the top for just that reason…
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
We normally just do the bottom 4 feet so we don't get an ice dam and let the rest melt. Five years in a house prone to ice dams and not a drop of water in the house.