Easy fix transoms

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Went past a job yesterday and basic towe 4m high nothing wrong
there except easy fix transoms on all four sides on 2 lifts ?
No bracing except fasade

right or wrong was the debate today about no ledgers!

Any ideals
 
No debate to be had since they were included in the last TG:20 debacle. The only real thing that you have to consider is, are they from a compliant supplier? Working out the exact tie pattern can be tricky for sheeted jobs, but other than that they are simplifying life for a few contractors who are required to provide unimpeded access to their scaffolds.
 
we,ve just done 3 blocks of flats with universile transums that are 2.7m lifts and no ledger bracings but tied every lift approx. 4m apart
 
There the best for things like blocks of flats with no ledger bracing. Never had any probs before tg20:whatever, used to just brace kicker to bottom lift and crack on. Done job 48 lifts no ledger brace just tied every other std every other lift sheeted
 
Rapid especially the newer ones, think there ready lock
 
I have seen them around gannit just never used them ,
Do you just use 5s as transoms same as tube and fitting ?
 
philliosmaximus said:
I have seen them around gannit just never used them ,
Do you just use 5s as transoms same as tube and fitting ?
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You can do Phil, although there's a type of trannie with a wedge at each side locking it to the ledger that Lyndon use that has a telescopic insert that you can slide out to give you one or two inside boards.
 
Generation, presco and most suppliers supply these if u check out their websites. Only ever used the van thiel version but they r a good job
 
iv used the extendable transoms the type with wedges on both ends to sit on the ledgers and they would extend to 3 inside boards and are really quick.the blocks of flats we done the first one had 6 foot trannys for 2 inside boards and 2nd had extendables,we had to go back and take out one inside board and pull trannys back the first one with 6 foots took us a couple of weeks and the one with extendables took a couple of days

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you can also get and extendable type that goes on flappers
 
Quote ready lock transoms double arms dog bones these are the main three names,they was originally brought out in the mid 50s, my grandfather worked with them ,
The first company to bring them out was mills and as they didn't paten their idea sgb followed quickly and became the dominant user of ready locks Palmers never followed in this idea because their argument for ledger braces was recommended in construction guidelines for scaffolding however the feed between mills and sgb didn't stop there mills brought out their own double which we all know is steel to steel and sgb with band an plate,the paten for the make of ready locks was lifted and now are made on a industrial scale in China something sgb must regret as to putting large investments in ready lock which is no good the ready are a very popular in the south yorkshire area and have been for over 40 years they are one of the fastest things I have ever worked with and still found nothing to match them level out first lift then just staff off only time for level is to plum your leg in left or right job done hope this helps scc,
 
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