Handy Tips and Tricks - Wanna share any?

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Jason-Gibbs

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Hi guys.

Do any of you have any special tips regarding Scaffolding?
They can be anything from certain ways to base a job out or how to carry things, like different sized boards and stuff. - Literally anything you wanna share, please do so.


Ill start off.
I do a thing i call a: 'Swap Puncheon'.

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Its basically a nice and easy way for someone to put a puncheon on a beam, on their own and without any help. (Great if your working 2 handed and your sitting on the beams, without anyone being close to help you put a puncheon on.)

What i do is...

  • I get my mate to chuck me a double, whilst on the beam and then get him to measure up 18-20 inches or so from the bottom of the puncheon and put the 'check fitting' straight on the tube.
  • Whilst they are doing this, i put my double on the TOP staunchen of the beam.
  • I then get my mate to pass me the puncheon and slide it into the top staunchen's double, sliding down until the 'check fitting' sits nicely in the double.
  • I then do up my top double and take the 'check fitting' off, and place it on the bottom staunchen.
  • Then voilà - The puncheon has been safety added to the beam, with next to no effort on your part AND your mate hasn't had to struggle to jump out on the beam with you and hold the tube, whilst you do it up. :)
  • (Works great if your punching up with 21fts/16fts, as you can do it really easy.)



How about you guys?
Got any handy tips?
Anything you wish to share with your fellow Scaffolders?
 
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maybe not a good thread to have,as the powers that be might come up with ideas for us to do them safer,and get hse involved in it,might be best if we just learn our job on site,the seat polishers dont have a clue how to do what we do.
 
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A fair point...
Ok i have another one.

Running a lift in?
Can be a ball-ache?
Keep either losing your marking stick, or it keeps getting either nicked or broke?

What about using an Extendible Washing Line Holder, as your marking stick?
Sounds silly dont it? - But you can adjust it to any height you want (upto about 2.8m) and the little hook bit on the top its perfect to fit a chunky marker pen in it. :)

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Its also hard-wearing, unlikely to be nicked by a chippy or some numpty for packing and as you paid for it (about £3) your less likely to either leave it on a job or lose it.

A great little tool, especially if your running big runs in.
Saves loads of time.
 
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Jason-Gibbs said:
A fair point...
Ok i have another one.

Running a lift in?
Can be a ball-ache?
Keep either losing your marking stick, or it keeps getting either nicked or broke?

What about using an Extendible Washing Line Holder, as your marking stick?
Sounds silly dont it? - But you can adjust it to any height you want (upto about 2.8m) and the little hook bit on the top its perfect to fit a chunky marker pen in it. :)

eBayISAPI.dll


Its also hard-wearing, unlikely to be nicked by a chippy or some numpty for packing and as you paid for it (about £3) your less likely to either leave it on a job or lose it.

A great little tool, especially if your running big runs in.
Saves loads of time.
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I didn't think anyone used that method any more, I just batter the double on. One man doing the same all day will put at least 50% of them at the right height.:cool:
 
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I use a staff and a bit of tailors chalk Jason to mark line for the double, then bang all the doubles on. Always have staffed off my lifts. It's a washing line pole/stick at the mo ! lol
 
When erecting anything around 16ft - 19ft high base out as usual and put your 3 - 4 ft high lift in next , much easier to load out the top lift now as you can reach the 5 fts without bending down and the boards easily reach 2nd lift ledger.
 
haha, get tube and join using fitting, how hard can it be?
 
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