Scaffold around 4 sides of a detached 2-storey house in Burgess Hill for decorating purposes

Project details

Service type: Painting and decorating scaffolds.

Address: Birchwood Grove Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 0DL.

Customer access and platform needs: This client required our reputable scaffolding firm to erect scaffolds on all sides of their 2-storey property to provide safe access for the completion of decoration works. Our quote included a 4-week rental period.

Difficulties we faced

Our team faced no problems when erecting this structure. There was plenty of room to manoeuvre; the only thing our scaffolders needed to be mindful of was not to damage the garden plants and bushes that were located near where the scaffolding was placed. Visit our Burgess Hill scaffold page for more examples of access scaffolds we’ve completed locally in RH15.

What we did

• We put up a 12-metre-long by 4.2-metre-high structure on the front of this building; this elevation had 2 working scaffold lifts that were both 5 boards wide.
• The framework to the right-hand side of the property (looking from the back) was a 10m straight run that was also 4.5m tall; however, both working platforms on this elevation were only 4 boards wide.
• There was then an L shape dog leg section that required scaffolding that was approximately 4 metres by 4 metres long, which was also 4.5 metres in height.
• The rear of the house required a scaffold that was around 8 metres long and, again, 4.5 metres high. This section was erected over a single-storey pitched roof for access to the 2^nd floor for painting.
• We then built a further 14 metres of framework along the left side of the house; this was also 4.5 metres high and featured 2 working lifts.
• We used an 8m beam section on the top lift of the left-hand elevation to pick up the return on the rear.
• Ladders were secured to the structure for safe access to the scaffold, and safety ladders gates were added to all exits.
• Double handrails and toe boards were installed on all working platforms to protect the user from falling.

Hire period

The hire period for this scaffold was a standard length of 4 weeks.

Another local scaffold project

Decorating work often requires clear access across larger sections of a property, whereas roof-level repairs can call for a much more concentrated working area. For specialist masonry access, our chimney repointing scaffold on Silverdale Road provided a working platform around the chimney stack while the repairs were completed.