Best sort of protection is available with the roof access walkways and guardrails while working at heights. Provision of these arrangements has also gained favor from the job authorization authority at different states.
Roof access walkways are used for providing safe and secured access routes for employees, contractors and maintenance personnel in the pathways that are otherwise found potentially unsafe. These pathways are required to be designed after taking into account the expected loadings that will provide adequate strength to roof structures.
Common Features
Roof accesses must comply with the following prerequisites:
They must comply with the norms laid down in the AS 1657:2018 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders - Design, construction and installation.
The devices should be developed in such a way that it needs only minimal maintenance cost. .
These roof accesses are normally made of fiberglass or aluminum
Ensures safety and security
Offers protection to roofs
Common Applications
These devices provide safe access to rooftop plant like any air conditioning equipment.
Provide access to gutter cleaning and fall protection
The sloping roof- walkways are levelled on roofs sloping by more than 7 degrees.
The Solar PV Access Walkways
These types of roof access walkways are ideal for installation within Solar PV Roof Top installations. These types of walkways are convenient for the in-script capacity of easy cleaning and maintenance of the solar installation. The roof grip and the roof steps are designed with a product life cycle that exceeds a time period of 20 years. This type of sustainability provides for the long term installation requirements of any Solar PV installation. The solar access may be used in conjunction with the roof step access stairways.
These installations occupy better of the spaces. Therefore, these are designed with special roof access walkways that meet the need for additional space. The compliance with standard parameters requirements has made these walkways the ideal solution for rooftop solar walkway applications.
The Façade Walkways
These roof access walkways help in making access to facades comparatively easy and safe. Therefore, these are declared suitable to carry out the jobs of cleaning, inspection and maintenance. Safe and controlled access is possible with these walkways.
The facade roof access walkways can be mounted directly to the building facade structure as well as with the structural elements that support the facade.
These types of roof access walkways are able to create easy access across the roof space. This enables prompt access to the facade walkways. The use of amplifying grip flooring in an aluminum construction has enabled to offer strong and durable presence.
These Roof Access Walkways can be of Two Types - External and Internal
The external roof grip walkways are installed on the external face of a façade. These walkways are mounted over the existing facade structure. The purposefully made support frame provides the required accentuation. The modular design produces a lightweight maintenance-free walkway.
The internal roof grip walkways could easily be adopted for internal applications for making safe access to the facades. These roof access walkways are specifically designed to be mounted over the entire facade structures present over there. The mounting is made with a purposefully made support frame that provides the required accentuation.
The ultimate result is the generation of a lightweight maintenance-free walkway.
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