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Thank you gentlemen for the advice. I am the homeowner, and this is my house that I'm looking at. Maybe I'll just rent a cherry picker or something. I asked this question with the knowledge that the advice was just that, advice, and I hereby hold no one responsible for offering suggestions. In fact, I appreciate it greatly. My neighbor has a similar roof, and he just had his wife sit at the bottom and hold the ladder while he climbed up and hung the christmas lights, How about that one? LOL!!!! I dont think I would survive that one, but my ladder probably would.

I have a situation where there is some wooden trim deteriorating on a house that is otherwise hardi-plank. This trim is located right under the shingles of the roof, its the small 5/8" X 2" wood trim all around the roof. The area is on the upper gable of the roof, on a 2 story house, and the only access is by standing on the first level of roof, whose slope is okay for standing on, but not sure about placing a ladder on. I cant reach the trim piece by standing, its just too far out of reach, so I have to use a ladder I guess. Is there any way to support a ladder or block the legs, or tie it off to prevent the feet from slipping on the slope? Its a good aluminum extension ladder with the rubber footed grip treads on the ends, but I was thinking nailing a 2X across the lower roof, to rest the bottom of the ladder against to keep it from slipping on the slope of the lower roof, but dont want to poke holes in my roof with nails, so any ideas? I heard a roof jack, but dont know what that is. I do appreciate your wisdom.

Ceramic Fiber?

Thank you all very much for the quick information!!

Hello All, Texas resident here, I was up in the attic the other day looking at the walls inside the attic, and noticed that the entire gable area (triangle) on the inside was only Hardi-plank installed over the black felt paper, and fastened to the wall studs. (Upper level 2 story bldg. ) I could peek between the felt seams and see daylight thru the horizontal hardi-plank. Ive looked everywhere trying to find out if this is normal installation technique, or should I have some type of substrate there. Some of the interior walls have bat insulation running up them, and I can see down the wall in between the wall studs where it looks like they blew insulation at least 8ft up, but in the attic, above that 8ft is only felt paper and hardiplank. No insulation, no ply, nothing. Any ideas?