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Install Pivot Roof Boot

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Getting on Roofs EASY and SAFE! Painting A House.

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What happens here

To install the Pivot Roof Boot, climb the ladder to the desired position on the roof. The Roof Boot is designed to provide a secure foothold on steep pitches. Lift the edge of a shingle, revealing the underlying roof decking. Position the Pivot Roof Boot directly underneath the lifted shingle and use a drill with construction screws (e.g., #9 x 2.5-inch with a star bit) to secure it to the roof. Ensure the screws go into the decking, not just the shingle. The goal is to install the boot so that the shingle lays back flat over the screw heads, preventing leaks. The presenter demonstrates unscrewing a pre-installed boot to show the proper technique. For colder days when shingles are less flexible, extra care must be taken to avoid damage when lifting them. Once installed, the boot provides a stable platform for a ladder or a secure place for your feet.

Goal: Securely install the Pivot Roof Boot on a steep roof for safe ladder placement or footing.

Tools and materials

  • Construction Screws GRK Fasteners — Securing the Pivot Roof Boot to the roof. Recommended #9 x 2.5-inch with a star bit
  • Cordless Drill Bosch — Driving construction screws into the roof decking
  • Pivot Roof Boot Pivot — Providing a stable, non-slip base on steep roofs
  • Star Bit — Driving the specific construction screws
  • Henry's Black Tar Henry

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gonna need a drill you're gonna need a Phillips head bit and I've got you're gonna need four screws I use number nines two and a half inch screws construction screws that I'm gonna be installing this pivot roof boot and you'll see the roof boot once we get up here we got one installed now and I'm going to show you how to install another one so come on with me and let's head up on the roof all right so I have a roof boot installed right here from pivot and you can see how I'm using it just to access this section right here and this brew food is secured it secures an extension ladder and I've got cut pieces of an extension ladders that eventually they had feet break on them or something like that and I never throw them away because you're gonna use them for something like this but you can see now I can use this thing to walk up this roof and I literally couldn't hardly walk up this roof without this here securing my feet and the roof boot is installed show you how its installed here and this section of the roof is not nearly as steep as this section of the roof and what you have to actually do is lift up your shingles and so you got to lift them up and you got to screw underneath the shingle right there that way you don't cause any type of leak in the roof and I'll show you how I installed these things it's very simple and easy to do but you just got to get get underneath a shake so you don't want to screw it right in the top of the shake I know some guys actually do that and then you can fill it like with Henry's black tar and that will seal it up but install it properly according to your pivot you've got to be underneath a shake right here so I'm gonna get my drill I've got a drill I've got my bits right here so these are just construction screws that were using two and a half inches and I got my tool bag and always keep my tools in my tool bag and these actually use not a Phillips head bit I forgot they use a star bit I believe is what you call it I'm sure somebody will correct me and say it's not a star bit it's called something else so there's the construction screw I can just lift this up and uninstall it to show you and you can just screw these things back into the roof just like that and leave them there this roof eventually will seal itself back down so show you what I typically do to install this thing I'm gonna find a section of the roof that I want to install it on wanna get underneath the shakes so I can lift them up now I'm going to lift that…

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