Walking on Spanish tile roofs:

Hey Reggie,

I just came across your post titled "Walking on a Spanish tile roof" and this sandbag plank system may prove useful to me. I do have sandbags along with some 12' scaffolding boards but want to know the correct placement of the sandbags. As you can see from the below image, I need to paint this riser stucco wall, along with some other challenging areas, where the only option is to rent a lift or devise some type of foam mattress or sandbag type bridge system to access. By the way, my roof tiles are the classic non-s clay type of tile and they do have spec-mix placed horizontally between the tiles which do offer added support.

So, where specifically would you place a sandbag, e.g. in the bottom concave part, in the middle of the non-overlapped part, or up top where the two tiles overlap? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Walking on a Spanish Tile roof in Virginia

Here is a simple set up that you can use for walking on the roof. We do much more when we have to support the weight of a scaffold. We did this for the back of a chimney:

Walking on Spanish barrel tile.

Sand bags are put into the channel between the tiles, making sure the sand conforms to the curve. Each scaffold board spans 2 bags. This allowed one person to walk behind this chimney with a bucket of material at a time.

Note the bridge over the ridge vent. A two by four was nailed to the end of each board to raise the height over the ridge vent. A two by on top allowed a plasterer to walk to the other side without smashing the vent.

It is a little hard to see with everything covered with plastic. We used a scaffold to get the bags and the boards up there. This should work good for your project.