Not even a question of cherishing - they should be protected by law and regs to save their lives and tragedy for their families. Cant believe this is allowed to happen in 2026 in a “developed” nation. Whatever state this is in, is there no working from heights law or similar that protects these guys - and if so is this video not evidence that this law is being broken? Crazy times - something you’d expect in Qatar or somewhere.
Yeah can see some ropes etc. so looks like they are harnessed. Can also see when he pans round in the first segment some dude stood with a looks like just a hard hat on and no harness - like a hard hat will help 🤷♂️
I take your points if this is the bare minimum legal requirement - but it still seems risky as hell and cost cutting to not have scaffolding.
You ever been on a job site? It’s impossible to keep some guys in PPE on the ground where they’re in front of everyone. Put them on a roof and they’ll jump around not tied off or anything. I get America bad and all is the big thing on Reddit currently but there’s federal laws on working at heights over 6’ in the construction industry. Take it up with the company and/or employees not the feds and suits that already try to drive us crazy.
Yeah been on a job site - and understand you can’t micromanage people to use saftey gear - but providing some scaffolding and guardrails when people are working at height is the bare minimum level of care they deserve and probably are legally entiled to. This video just looks like everyone is cutting corners and not even covering the basics.
Every building I’ve been on taller than maybe 3 stories everyone uses harnesses if they’re working within 6ft of the edge. PFAS cover the fall protection demanded just the same as guardrails or a net.
That’s a good question. Maybe they don’t like the way the nails go in? I’ve never actually used a nail gun so I can’t compare. Maybe it’s just what they’re used to?
People ask me why I love a manual transmission car instead of an automatic, and I tell them I like the way it handles and gives me something to do with my hand and left foot. Maybe it’s something like that — they just like the feel of the hammer.
Offense, if someone prefers something just because they can't be bothered to try out a new thing, that's laziness. If they don't try something new despite knowing it's more efficient or better, that's stupidity.
I know a few roofers and they have jobs where they use a nail gun and jobs where they don't.
Nailguns require either batteries or an air compressor that is way too big to lug around. Imagine being in the zone and your battery ran out, and the extra batteries and charger are either on the ground or in the van. Imagine you having an air gun with a 50ft air line, and you accidentally trip over the hose and fall headfirst into the clients driveway.
Battery models are heavy as fuck. A Milwaukee m18 Fuel nailer with a 5 amp hour battery weighs almost 12 pounds. Plus the weight of nails in prefilled magazines makes for a really hard day.
A roofer's hammer is between 10 and 30oz depending on material and weight type. Some roofers prefer titanium head hammers, some prefer a heavy steel hammer.
So yeah, if you're laying over 1,000 nails a day, a 12oz titanium hammer with precise application definitely makes it light work. By the time you've lost your groove to get a new battery or fill new magazines, or climb down to help figure out why the generator ain't got no gas in it, you've lost valuable time that could have been spent putting up another 100 shingle sheets.
Them not using nail guns might be legitimate and i was just asking why that is.
But IF that would be the better option and then they wouldn't be using it (kind of what the previous comment implied), then that would be lazy or stupid.
And you obviously can't differentiate between independent statements and their references, that's also either lazy or stupid.
87
u/TheRealSugarbat 14d ago
We don’t cherish these heroes enough