You know, some people do not like to work on ladders. I worked on them for 30 years and I had to be honest with you, it can be a little tiring and it can be a little unsafe especially up here up high.
What if I told you there is another that you can get up high and work in a safe way and what is more, even on a platform, I bet you, that might interest you.
You know what I have got here, it is called pipe scaffolding. Maybe you have seen them on a construction site, brick layers love to use it. But I use it all the time to do carpentry jobs and I still use it even when I paint my own home.
What makes it so good, so durable, it is made out of steel and it is easy to put together with all these different parts. The way you start to assemble the pipe scaffolding is simple. You use these diagonal cross braces and they locked into these pins and it just drop in the place, it could not be easier.
You can see, it only takes one person to assemble this pipe scaffolding. And these diagonal braces are extremely important. As you get higher and higher, that is what keeps a scaffolding form basically collapsing like a house of cards, so do not underestimate. And make sure that they are locked in the place.
I would like to use hand 2 x 12 planks, to create my work platforms in a scaffolding, but the two places and the places that holds a scaffolding, they have great interlocking platforms. Pipe scaffolding is the best. I love working with it because it creates a nice level platform to work from, you can make it go, 30 to 40 ft tall if necessary. The two-rental or pipe scaffolding will have all types of guard reels and safety features to help make you work safe.
I am Jim Carter, Ask the Builder. If you want to discover more home improvement tips, go to askthebuilder.com.
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