Scaffolding quote, is this right?

mariat

We have just received a quote from a local scaffolding firm for £300, and wondered if this is the going rate. The scaffolding is at the gable end with clear access, about 7.5m high, so we can get access to the chimney and reline the flue. It will be there from Friday afternoon to Monday morning.

andy69_2

Sounds good to me!

1984ReturnsForReal_2

mariat wrote: »

We have just received a quote from a local scaffolding firm for £300, and wondered if this is the going rate. The scaffolding is at the gable end with clear access, about 7.5m high, so we can get access to the chimney and reline the flue. It will be there from Friday afternoon to Monday morning.

Thats fine.

You could probably negotiate have it for a week or 2 & the price wouldnt vary.

After that they tend to charge weekly rental.


Around North London it would have been around £270-£350 about 7 years ago.

ormus

the rental price is very small. the main part of the price is the labour costs.
so a few weeks rental will make little difference to the price.

mariat

Blimey, seemed like a lot to me! Think I'll look into cherry picker hire as an alternative.

ormus

you can hire a 7m tower from say HSS for about 100 weekend/200 quid per week.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

ormus wrote: »

you can hire a 7m tower from say HSS for about 100 weekend/200 quid per week.

You wouldnt catch me on a 7m scaffold tower outside on a nice sunny day let alone with a bit of wind & rain.


& yes the rental would be a small sum, probably about 5-10% of the erection price & if its a small job would kick in after about 2 weeks or 4 weeks if you reguarly hired it.

Ionkontrol

A big diesel cherry picker is about £500 for a weekend in London.

mariat

I don't need a massive one, it only needs to reach about 25 feet. This DIY option is getting more expensive than I imagined. Has anyone got any more suggestions for safe access to this height? BTW - roof ladders aren't suitable.

leveller2911

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

You wouldnt catch me on a 7m scaffold tower outside on a nice sunny day let alone with a bit of wind & rain.


& yes the rental would be a small sum, probably about 5-10% of the erection price & if its a small job would kick in after about 2 weeks or 4 weeks if you reguarly hired it.

Wow 1984 , thats a bit harsh.I'm a joiner and brought myself a decent tower scaffold, 7.2 m working height and with the supplied out-riggers its more stable than some scaffolds ive worked on...

Modern tower scaffolds fit together well, come apart well and above all ARE safe....
Ive paid £1,000s for scaffolds erected that are not good, single hand rails, no kickboards or brick guards, etc etc.
I would rather use a tower that I put up and know is safe than paying a scaffolder £££££ to erect one and damage customers houses in doing so....


I would recommend a modern tower scaffold any day, but they do have height limits, you can buy them to reach up to 15m high..:eek::eek:

1984ReturnsForReal_2

leveller2911 wrote: »

Wow 1984 , thats a bit harsh..:eek::eek:

Not if you hate heights!!:eek:


If its a decent scaffolder I would take the scaffold all day long.

& if it was Hilti tied to the building even better!!

Anyways I thought double handrails & kickboards were standard on a working lift nowadays?...