Free to use · PDF download
Strip and reroof RAMS Builder
Strip and reroof risk assessment and method statement
Prepare RAMS for stripping a roof back to the rafters and fitting the replacement covering. Describe the roof, the build-up and the scaffold, edit the suggested steps and review the PDF draft.
- Free to use
- No account needed
- Questions follow HSE guidance
- Work recovers in this browser
Prepare the Strip and reroof RAMS
Checking this browser for your work…
What will you be doing?
More details
Pick everything this RAMS covers. The questions that follow are chosen from what you tick here.
What a Strip and reroof RAMS covers
Taking the old covering off in planned sections with the waste lowered, then laying the replacement covering on the prepared roof.
- Strip the whole roof
- Fit replacement covering
Suggested steps and hazards for Strip and reroof
What it offers for strip the whole roof before you have answered anything.
Check the weather before you start
- Do not lift or fix roof coverings and temporary sheeting in strong wind; a large sheet is a sail.
- Stop in heavy rain, ice or lightning, and rest in the shade in hot weather.
Hazard
Wind catches the roof coverings and temporary sheeting or blows someone off balance at height
Who might be harmed and how
The team and people below
Controls in place
- Agree a wind limit for panels and platforms and check the forecast each morning.
- Tie down or take in loose materials before you leave.
Wind is the main weather cause of falls and dropped loads in outside work at height.
HSE: Work at height Stop things falling on people below
- Fence off the ground below the work so nobody walks under the roof coverings, tools and waste.
- Use toe boards, brick guards or netting on platforms and lanyard tools where you can.
Hazard
Roof coverings, tools and waste falling onto people below
Who might be harmed and how
People below, including the public
Controls in place
- Lower waste in bags or a chute, never throw it.
- Keep the exclusion zone up until the last item is down.
Falling objects are a leading cause of harm to the public near construction.
HSE: Protecting the public Plan the strip in sections
- Write down the layers being removed, the order and the points where the team will stop and check.
- Brief who holds each piece, where it goes and how the area below stays protected.
Hazard
An unplanned strip destabilises the roof or exposes people to uncontrolled debris
Who might be harmed and how
Roofers, other trades and the public
Controls in place
- Use a written method from a competent person.
- Stop if the roof build-up differs from the method.
A clear strip order keeps the roof and the people below controlled as layers come off.
What the builder asks about Strip and reroof
Your answers decide which steps, hazards and controls it suggests.
The job
- What is being stripped from the roof?
- What replacement covering are you fitting?
Where
- What protection is ready below the open roof?
- Is the building older than the year 2000? Older buildings can have asbestos in them.
- What pipes or cables run the roof and rafters where you strip or fix?
How it’s done
- What will you stand on to reach the work?
- How will the roof stay weather-tight each day?
- Are the underlay and battens specified?
- Are the eaves, verge and ridge details complete?
- How will the roof materials get to the work?
- Will you cut anything on site, and with what?
What your Strip and reroof RAMS includes
Method statement
The sequence of the work, step by step. The suggestions are a starting point; you write the method for the job as it will be done.
Risk assessment
Each hazard, who could be harmed, the controls in place and any further action. There is no risk score: you judge each row against the real site, and adding a hazard does not put its controls in place.
PDF draft for review
The document as you left it, for someone competent to check. A download is not approval and not permission to start work.