Scaffold tower

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:13 pm

Fitting some doors, customer to supply a tower for us to get to the top hinges....
This is what they set up for us

Boards are at 4metres

Mooncat · Post by **Mooncat** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:18 pm

I also like the lack of toe-boards and handrails, together with the springiness of the planking!

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:59 pm

Ladders tied in with the new invisible string I notice.

Did you actually go up there

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:10 am

big puff..........just get on with it

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:04 pm

I told them it was crap, needs a handrail at the very least.
Planking was okay, theyre not normal scaff boards, theya re about 3" thick.

Heres the rail they fitted

May aswell not bothered

Its about 700mm from the planks, just right to trip on ;)

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:41 pm

Hope you had an hard hat on

17edSparkyJoe · Post by **17edSparkyJoe** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:05 pm

Reminds me of a site I worked on a couple of years back, customer employed some polish to paint the outside of a 3 story house. They decided it was easiest rather than to get a proper scaffold put up that they would just stack 3 towers ontop of each other, held to the house only by a bit of bailer twine wrapped around the soil pipe. Nice.

Painter-aberdeen · Post by **Painter-aberdeen** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:19 pm

I've had my scaffold moments lol worked on a series of pre fab units about 10 stories high 6 feet apart.Yep one 12 ft scaffold plank on the roofs was your "staircase" nothing but a plank and a 100ft drop.

The gaffer walked right across,I though FM,I just did the same and when you got to the middle it dropped 3-4 inches,that was a good feeling..NOT!

You got used to it,this was years ago nowadays you'd probably get locked up for it.

Simon Site Manager · Post by **Simon Site Manager** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:22 am

You wouldn't get me up on that Hitch!

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speed · Post by **speed** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:08 pm

ive been on worse...

kellys_eye · Post by **kellys_eye** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:09 pm

speed wrote:ive been on worse...

and I used to have to balance on t' shoe box int' middle o' the road.....

yourweb · Post by **yourweb** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:55 pm

no cross support. Must be the very old kind that says work on it at your own risk. I can rent better scaffolding than this stuff. WWII made I would guess

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