Old school scaffold
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lucius
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Yeah Lee.
lucius
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Might be Steve but i wouldnt have a clue, job for Lee methinks.
Rigsby
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That scaffold is a luxury to some of the scaffolds I worked off in the 70,s and 80,s.
I did a gable once in the early 90,s off 2 towers up to gutter height then a staging board between the 2 towers. Then a 3m ladder of the staging board to reach the apex. I put a hook in the wall and tied the ladder to the wall and me to the ladder in case it collapsed. Hacked off and 2 coated it. There was only me daft enough and brave enough to do it.
What a recession can make you do.
I did a gable once in the early 90,s off 2 towers up to gutter height then a staging board between the 2 towers. Then a 3m ladder of the staging board to reach the apex. I put a hook in the wall and tied the ladder to the wall and me to the ladder in case it collapsed. Hacked off and 2 coated it. There was only me daft enough and brave enough to do it.
What a recession can make you do.
Arti
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no marra thats the actual size of the scaffold
Rigsby
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There was a father & son team near me what did all theres off ladders up to late and it always looked good. Father has retired now and the son has took up block paving.
Bugger that, knees must be shot.
Theres a dasher on my estate that still uses towers and forms corners with a stick. Only hacks off to scratch coat and unbonds over the top. Only a bit cheaper than me, must be making a mint!
lucius
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All dashers in London used to work of ladders and cripples on one board doing houses.
essexandy
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Think yourself lucky your grandad wasn't as fat as me:RpS_blushing:
carlos
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Few years back the firm I worked for were quiet so I had to jump on with the DPC lads for a few days.
We had a job where we were to spray a gable with water-repellent.
Long story short, the ladder we had was not quite long enough, so I parked me van on the pavement and put the ladder off of the roof rack up the gable. Just about reached the top.
Fooking madness, wouldn't do it now mind.
We had a job where we were to spray a gable with water-repellent.
Long story short, the ladder we had was not quite long enough, so I parked me van on the pavement and put the ladder off of the roof rack up the gable. Just about reached the top.
Fooking madness, wouldn't do it now mind.
Nisus
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:RpS_scared:
Rhys
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Sounds about right.. skimming a full height wall in a barn conversion, two extendible ladders with a couple of battens across, pair of rickety step ladders on that and a crate on them. Stretching with trowel in one hand and holding onto the eves with the other... Certainly a twitchy arse moment.
Rigsby
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Pin and pole?
Do you mean putlog scaffolding? Better than todays independent, even better if you could take it down as you came down.
lucius
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the Pudlock scaffold,cant beat it in the 70s brickies and hoddies used to do the scaff, it was in our price but i was on the job in the late 80s all pudlock and some dickhead fork lift driver fcuked up and pulled the whole loading bay of the wall and some one got proper hurt, never seen it used since round my way
bubbles65
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At it's most basic it would be like this Steve......
Use a plugging chisel:
Cut a slot out of a brick mortar joint with the chisel.
Insert one of these putlog scaffolding tubes:
After ensuring a tight fit of the putlog with some wooden chocs, attatch an upright scaffold tube (21ft usually) to the putlog, usually standing it about 3-4ft away from the wall and plumb it up. Repeat this process something like 8-10ft further along the wall and then chuck a plank across, resting on top of the putlogs. Stand on the plank and then plug another slot about 6-7ft directly above the first putloc and bang a putloc in there.
Once you had achieved the desired height, if you had any tubes left, you would then tie the uprights together with a tube fitted horizontally (some people even referred to these as "handrails") If you were really lucky you had a "Handrail" on each lift, and if you were really, really lucky you had 3 or 4 planks on each lift as well.
Use a plugging chisel:
Cut a slot out of a brick mortar joint with the chisel.
Insert one of these putlog scaffolding tubes:
After ensuring a tight fit of the putlog with some wooden chocs, attatch an upright scaffold tube (21ft usually) to the putlog, usually standing it about 3-4ft away from the wall and plumb it up. Repeat this process something like 8-10ft further along the wall and then chuck a plank across, resting on top of the putlogs. Stand on the plank and then plug another slot about 6-7ft directly above the first putloc and bang a putloc in there.
Once you had achieved the desired height, if you had any tubes left, you would then tie the uprights together with a tube fitted horizontally (some people even referred to these as "handrails") If you were really lucky you had a "Handrail" on each lift, and if you were really, really lucky you had 3 or 4 planks on each lift as well.
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