fall-victim-calls-for-steel-planks (1 Viewer)

would be interesting to know if it was just a "plank"he was working on,any that have snapped belowme normally just sink to my knee and pull myself out lol
 
some scaffs still span the planks ( laminated ply ) 2.4m in new zealand
 
Metal boards ?
sorry to hear he had an accident but what about all the other implications with using metal boards , weight , cutting , manual handling , how to lay them safely on tube and fitting ?
 
Would only work with system. Descent of him to send someone else up before him.:worried:
 
Havespannerwilltravel said:
The laminated hy-planks (2 inch) are rated to span 2-4m. Have seen some very old ones in use though which may be dodgy.
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Dont quote me HSWT but I believe OSHA testing allows a 10ft span on inch and a half boards. I would need to look that up to be honest?

He wants steel boards but has he worked on them in winter?
 
Alan Reade said:
Dont quote me HSWT but I believe OSHA testing allows a 10ft span on inch and a half boards. I would need to look that up to be honest?

He wants steel boards but has he worked on them in winter?
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Sorry Alan should be inch and a half. Pretty sure I have read up to 2-7m span but have rarely seen it done.
Yes the steel boards SGB had for cuplock were treacherous in winter.
 
Just bought a load of them but only the 4 footers as we are trying to get a way from timber in system. Can't understand the difference in width.:(
 
aom said:
Just bought a load of them but only the 4 footers as we are trying to get a way from timber in system. Can't understand the difference in width.:(
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The old SGB Steel Battens were 238mm wide, I would take a stab and say the timber must allow for water intake and thus swells more than a steel board expands in the heat.

Only a guess though
 
You know, in a lot of cases the rotten timber is visable to some extent, i know other times the rot starts internally and is blind to users, but lets say, it was visable, why are scaffs putting these dodgy boards up their in the first place?, at least keep the dodgy rotten boards aside for toeboards or skipping them!
 
Alan Reade said:
The old SGB Steel Battens were 238mm wide, I would take a stab and say the timber must allow for water intake and thus swells more than a steel board expands in the heat.

Only a guess though
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I have never measured the one's I have Alan but at a guess I would say there is more than that of a difference with each board. The timber still has a gap when you fit your toe board first and push all tight against the other but with these things you have to fit a 13 foot board over the top which never works out as there is no mid transom. They probably have no relation to the GB board but that was the excuse given when I asked the question, basically a poor design to my mind.
 
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