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Plus it's a horrible job. My dad was also a general contractor, and where we live is very hot and dry in the summer. I remember, as a kid, seeing roofers on top of a house in 100+ F heat, mopping hot tar; I thought that must be the worst job there was. When I got older and started working in aerospace, when my boss would say he needed someone to do some unfun task, I'd always volunteer because I'd be thinking, "this is so much better than mopping tar on a hot roof."
I'd take a tar mop in the summer over the winter any day
I used to work outside in -10F regularly. Far preferable to 100F.
Its easier to get warm than cool.
Try -20F, and soaked in sweat. Winter flat roofing sucks
Diesel tended to gel much past -10. But tree climbing doesn't offer much wind protection, either.
Our rule was to never sweat if it could be helped. Layers.
Setting B-net on ski race courses is like this. 10 minutes in and you’re sweating bullets, strip down to undershirt layer.
We’ve also had to fully shovel 1.5km of course when 8-10 inches of snow fell the night before. On top of the exertion, you’re literally wasting a powder day. The snow cats can’t groom it because the course will be too soft, and when it’s that cold we can’t salt the course either, so it’s shoveling and slipping (using your skis like snow plows) the course.
I have to bring a second or third dry layer because after the setup we have to stand around in the subzero temp for the next 5-7 hours no matter the weather (winds can be insane as long as it’s not enough to shut down the lifts, but it’s better than rain or sleet).
Then we gotta take it all down.
And I do this for $80 a day and free passes for my kids and I. Still better than roofing by immeasurable amounts.
A good rule, it just can't really be helped on a flat roof. Whether you're swinging a mop (which we tried to avoid in winter; keeping the tar kettle hot can be a challenge) or torching rolled roofing, the hot-cold-hot-cold is unavoidable, nevermind the physical exertion. I'm glad I got out of that shit.
Tree climbing, eh? Arborist?
Used to be, anyways. Didnt make the jump to starting my own company and got sick of making others wealthy.