Guardrail system for a roof of a building and associated methods

An end post support for a guardrail system for a pitched roof of a building, the end post support comprising:

• a U-shaped body having a first segment for removably fastening to an end of a roof member of the pitched roof, and having a second segment extending outwardly from the roof member with a gap therebetween defined by the U-shape;
• a post receiver connected to an upper end of the second segment of said U-shaped body;
• and
• a stabilizer carried by said U-shaped body for extending against an adjacent wall portion below the pitched roof.

A gable post support for a guardrail system for a pitched roof of a building, the gable post support comprising:

• a body having a first end for removably fastening to a pitched roof member of the pitched roof along a gable portion thereof;
• a post receiver carried by said body;
• and
• a stabilizer carried by a second end of the body for extending against an adjacent wall portion below the pitched roof.

A method of installing a guardrail system on a pitched roof of a building, the pitched roof comprising a plurality of pitched roof members, the method comprising:

• connecting a plurality of end post supports to ends of respective pitched roof members, each end post support comprising
• a U-shaped body having a first segment for removably fastening to the end of the respective pitched roof member and having a second segment extending outwardly from the respective pitched roof member with a gap therebetween defined by the U-shape,
• a post receiver connected to an upper end of the second segment of the U-shaped body, and
• a stabilizer carried by the U-shaped body for extending against an adjacent wall portion below the pitched roof;
• connecting a respective post to the post receiver of each end post support;
• and
• connecting rail members between adjacent posts.