Stop Getting on Roofs Until You Watch This First

Before you set foot on another roof, watch this. Damon Hawkins, founder of Steep Gear, sat down with us to have the conversation that could save your life — or the life of someone on your crew. Roof falls are killing real contractors in this industry, and most of them thought they were being careful. When Damon started building Steep Gear, he wasn't chasing a business opportunity. He was watching soft wash contractors and roof cleaning crews strap on construction harnesses designed for framers and ironworkers — gear that was never built for the way cleaners move on a steep pitch. The wrong harness in the wrong situation isn't safety. It's a false sense of it. Roofs are slippery. Angles are steep. And OSHA regulations for cleaning contractors are a maze most business owners have never even tried to navigate. Damon breaks it all down in plain language — what OSHA actually requires for your type of work, what gear genuinely protects you on a roof versus what just looks like it does, and why so many guys are one bad step away from a catastrophic fall. Damon walks through the full Steep Gear product line — built specifically for soft washers and roof cleaning contractors, not construction workers. This is equipment engineered for the way you actually work. Whether you're just getting into roof cleaning or you've been walking steep pitches for years, this episode is required listening. Check out Steep Gear and get your crew protected. And if you're serious about building a real pressure washing business from the ground up, King of Pressure Wash training is where you start. Jasongeiman.com Kingofpressurewash.com