Don't shoot me down, guys, and I'm sure this is a daft question but thought I'd ask anyway :embarrest:.
Considering the forecast today - gusts of up to 70mph, particularly up north, is all scaffold put up to handle adverse weather?
What happened during the hurricane of 1987?
Most of the time Scaffolding is multi-seasonal, as in its strong/flexible enough to handle all weather conditions - with a few exceptions...
I wouldn't wanna be on a Scaffold in the middle of a massive earthquake, lol.
Things like Sheeting, Monaflex, Tarpaulin and Temporary Roofs add to the force that the wind has on a Scaffold, but tbh,
ALL jobs nowadays that have Sheeting and stuff should be tied in to the structure its surrounding, so unless the ties fail, or some numpty (
usually a glazer or painter) takes the ties out, a Scaffold should be fine in high winds.
Even boards - i believe that after 60ft or so, they are supposed to be laced down with either
Board Retainer Clips (
or 'T' Clips/Egyptians, for short) or tubes to stop them flapping about in high winds.
The only problem we might have is snow - as in extreme cases it might over load the weight of a Scaffold and cause the lifts to drop a bit, but i doubt we'd be getting any that heavy.