Heritage maintenance: Temporary access
Information sheet 1.3
In planning or carrying out maintenance work, there is often a need to gain access to upper sections of building walls (both internal and external), roofs and ceilings. For brief access by a single person, a ladder will often suffice. In other cases, where the work is lengthy, involves several people, or the height is considerable, some kind of scaffold or mechanical access will be necessary.
- Date
- 1 March 1998
- Publisher
- NSW Heritage Office
- Type
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Publication, Technical note
- Status
- Final
- Cost
- Free
- Language
- English
- Tags
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Name
heritage-maintenance-temporary-access.pdf
The most familiar sort of scaffold is fixed and is made up of standard
components assembled especially for each job.
Framing members are usually made up of 50-millimetre steel tube, on which sit planks of steel or
timber. It is highly adaptable to different building forms, provides the
most stable work platform, allows work on more than one level at once
and can carry large loads. Because of the cost of assembly and removal,
a large fixed scaffold is generally more expensive than other types, and
is therefore economic only for work which will take a considerable time.
