Roof walkways
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Roof walkways VECTAWAY® are intended to secure access on fragile and slippery roof terraces of buildings or industrial halls. They are a lightweight device made of aluminium that poses almost no load for roofing. A wide range of fixing allows installing our walkways in any type of building or facility. Roof walkways VECTAWAY® complies with the European standard EN ISO 14122-2.
VECTAWAY® roof walkways uses
VECTAWAY® aluminium roof walkways are designed for roof pitches up to 20˚. A special non-slip serrated profile ensures the maximum level of safety when walking on the roof. Because our walkways are designed as a modular structure, the assembly of them is quite simple. Its assembling consist of joining ready-made elements and screwing them together in accordance with the instructions provided by the manufacturer. In this way, we can install guardrails on one or both sides, toe board, etc… depending on needs.
VECTAWAY® roof walkways are made of 6063 T6 aluminum with an excellent finish. The standard raw aluminium finish ensures a C3 corrosion category. Other finishes on request, such as anodized aluminium, thermal varnishing and matched to any RAL colour. It is a lightweight device that does not require any maintenance. Only 14 kg/m for a 600 mm wide walkway.
Thanks to a wide range of fastening accessories, we can fix our aluminium roof walkways to all types of roofs. From metal deck roofs to fibrocement, standing seam roofing or any type of supports on request.
Legal basis – European standard EN ISO 14122-2
VECTAWAY® roof walkways complies with EN ISO 14122-2 European standard of December 2007 relating safety of machinery – permanent means of access to machinery – Part 2: Working platforms and walkways. Our roof walkways have successfully passed all the tests required by the above-mentioned standards.
Final conclusions
VECTAWAY® roof walkways can be installed on roofs slopes up to 20˚. They are a lightweight device made of aluminium that poses almost no load for roofing. A wide range of fixing allows installing our roof walkways in any type of building or facility. Thanks to the fact that they are made of aluminium 6063 T6, we guarantee many years of use without any special maintenance. A one-time investment allowing saving on the operational costs of the building.
If you want to read more about securing your roof with collective protection equipment (CPE), we recommend you reading our guide. You can save a lot of money throughout the entire operating time of the building.