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Got some scaffolding on the back of the house at the moment and noticed that the tiled kitchen roof is being used as a load-bearing element of the scaffold. I can live with a couple of cracked tiles if they're replaced when it comes down, but it's quite breezy here and I can hear the roof creaking every time there's a gust.
I originally thought it was just to add a little more stability, but the poles resting on the plank are clearly bearing significant weight judging by the way they're cutting into the wood.
Should I try to get them back? Not exactly an expert.
Posted : 17/08/2022 10:36 am
House in my parents street has just had scaff put up and in areas where needed it’s done in exactly the same way
Posted : 17/08/2022 10:47 am
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Good to hear, thanks. The scaffolders were surprisingly professional but I had to leave before they'd finished so didn't get a chance to ask about this.
Posted : 17/08/2022 10:56 am
I guess it depends what load they are expecting on the work deck. A single bloke and few tools is a different proposition to 2 fat brickies and and labourer bouncing around.
Posted : 17/08/2022 11:00 am
No way an expert, but had ours fully scaffolded earlier this year and it was exactly same. For us it was not used for heavy weight, ie storing roof tiles on the scaffold, only worker access. Seems to be standard format
Posted : 17/08/2022 11:00 am
This is quite common in the industry. if the roof can support one roofer, it can support the scaffold and a couple of guys once that load is spread across an area with the wooden beam.
Be aware that scaffold should be checked by a suitable person on at least a weekly basis.
Posted : 17/08/2022 11:09 am
judging by the way they have toe boards, two horizontal rails on the working platform and fully boarded out platform, they are way ahead of the majority of domestic scaffolds i have seen.
Yes it should be built and signed off before being used, and checked weekly at least, but you should be impressed by the standard...from a loading point of view, a couple of people working on it is significantly different to say when its got a full pallet of tiles or a full roof of tiles piled up on it...
Posted : 17/08/2022 11:25 am
Depending on what the structure is there for that should be adequate. A more robust solution would have used beams between the two standards on the ground (if your roof is being removed for new felting then this would be safer). More importantly are the standards on the ground similarly boarded underneath, preferable with metal plates between board and tube?
Posted : 17/08/2022 11:30 am
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@sandwich - yes, they are. The vertical poles have metal feet resting on rubber pads, and the diagonal ones are all on boards.
Posted : 17/08/2022 6:23 pm
So what stops it all slipping down the roof? I am not a scaffolder....
Posted : 17/08/2022 8:04 pm
what work you getting done?
Posted : 17/08/2022 9:15 pm
