Safety and susceptibility to damage.
Safe to walk on flat roof.
Advice for walking on or inspecting wet icy steep snow covered roofs wet icy or snow covered roofs are unsafe to walk on in most circumstances possibly excepting expert inspection of flat roofs with safe parapets or railings installed.
Generally speaking it is as safe to walk on a metal roof 30 or 50 years after installation as the day it was installed.
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In fact metal roofs can stand up to you walking on them better than ceramic tiles and some other roofing systems.
Even asphalt gets damaged from repeated traffic something that isn t necessarily true of metal.
Walk up a roof and lean your body over towards the roof to help maintain your balance.
It means that for your personal safety and the safety of your roof it s best if you simply stay off your roof and only let a professional walk on it if absolutely necessary.
Flat roof surfaces you cannot walk on.
Crouch down slightly to walk down a metal roof safely.