Aluminium Scaffold Tower Guide

If you’ve never worked with tower scaffolds before, get some training or read my guide to safely working with tower scaffolds, budget is always a factor in construction, however you should never skimp when it comes to scaffold tower hire.

Before you hire a scaffold tower measure the height that you will be working at, the working height and platform height are different, some scaffold hire companies quote platform height, some use working height, working height is from the top platform of the scaffold tower plus the reach of an average person, therefore the platform height should be approximately four to six feet below the work point.

Square or oblong tower scaffold? if you are not able to use stabilisers whenever possible use a square tower, they are easier to erect and tend to sway a little less, square towers also offer better platform height variation and position.

Make sure the scaffold tower you are hiring comes with stabilisers, even if you think it’s a safe height, a fall from just six feet can be fatal or cause serious injury, if you can’t fit stabilisers tie the scaffold to the building using scaffold Eyebolts, don’t use gutter down pipes or window frames, tying to such things is as good as useless, gutters will be brittle with age, windows frames could be rotten.

Always ensure you are supplied with and read the scaffold tower manufacturers assembly instruction manual, which should come with the the scaffold tower you are hiring.

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