Using Mobile Scaffold Towers
Posted on January 30, 2010 by Samuel Cheeseman
Mobile scaffold towers are incredibly useful pieces of equipment which bring together the different advantages offered by both traditional scaffolding installations and also ladders. The safety and practicality of traditional static scaffolding is well known. Building these structures can however be time consuming and expensive, not to mention completely unnecessary on smaller scale building or renovation projects. On the other hand, ladders are both cheap and easy to purchase but can be notoriously dangerous and difficult to work from. A mobile tower scaffold provides a great compromise between these two extremes, offering the best of both worlds. These structures are popular with both DIY enthusiasts as well as professional builders. The portable scaffold tower allows any kind of worker to position the structure wherever he may want it, with both relative ease and minimal effort. Because of its lightweight design an aluminium scaffold tower can be moved very easily.
There is a huge range of jobs which will become significantly easier if they are completed with the help of a rolling scaffold tower. Installation and repair of fascias, cladding and guttering are just a few of the most common. Many such jobs would require work to be completed around the whole of the exterior of a property. This would usually mean extensive amounts of time working from a ladder, or the installation of a scaffolding system around a whole building. The advantage of using a portable scaffolding tower is that it can be moved between locations very easily. Just unlock the scaffold tower wheels and push the structure to the new area you wish to work from,
locking the wheels again to ensure that you follow mobile scaffold tower safety procedures. You will be surprised at the minimal levels of effort required to move these towers, even when no one else is around to help you. A rolling scaffolding tower will often be produced from aluminium or fibreglass so the structure remains as light as possible. This is particularly convenient when the tower is being used on a construction site as it may need to be pushed over greater distances. In these situations it is advisable to enlist the help of another person so that you will be rolling tower scaffolding more safely from place to place.
If you are unsure whether to use a traditional scaffolding installation or a mobile scaffolding tower you should consider the costs in both time and money associated with each of the options. You will find that the mobile towers work out to be the more practical and economical choice a large portion of the time, especially when working on smaller jobs. Finally, if you are uncomfortable with using mobile tower scaffolding then you can always contact a construction training provider. Many of them offer reasonably priced mobile tower scaffold training courses that can be completed in just a few hours.
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