NOTE: For other roofing operations and slopes less than 3:12, see Section 1730.
Custom-built home. A single detached housing unit built under a single contract.
Eaves. The lowest edge of a sloped roof.
Production-type residential construction. Any new residential housing unit that is not a custom-built home.
Roof. The exterior surface on the top of a building. This does not include floors or formwork which, because a building has not been completed, temporarily become the top surface of a building.
Roof slope. For the purposes of this section, the incline angle of a roof surface, given as a ratio of the vertical rise to the horizontal run. For example, a 4:12 roof has 4 feet of vertical rise for 12 feet of horizontal run.
Roof work. The loading and installation of roofing materials, including related insulation, sheet metal that is integral to the roofing system, and vapor barrier work, but not including the construction of the roof deck.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 1731
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.