FAQ
Licences, hire periods, inspections and what we need from you. No filler.
Domestic jobs are often surveyed within a few days and erected the following week, subject to pavement licences and weather. Commercial programmes are booked against the principal contractor’s sequence. Tell us the start window on the quote form and we will be honest about capacity.
If any part of the scaffold sits on the public highway, the local authority usually requires a licence. We advise on this at survey and can manage the application as part of the job. Private land — gardens, driveways, rear elevations — typically does not.
Price is driven by height, footprint, loading, hire period, and whether the design is a standard TG20 configuration or needs calculations. We quote erect, weekly hire and strike as separate lines so you can see the true cost if the job overruns.
Work is carried out by trained scaffolders to current UK regulations, with TG20:21 used as the default for standard configurations and a design produced where the structure falls outside that. Public liability cover is in place; certificates can be issued with the quote.
Yes. Domestic jobs are planned around access, bins, and neighbours. Commercial and industrial jobs are planned around inductions, permits and public protection. We would rather take an extra hour on the survey than block a door on day one.
Yes. Re-roofs, repairs, flat roofs and chimney leadwork, in the same areas as the access. They are always quoted as two lines — the covering, and the scaffold — so hire overruns are not buried in the roof price.
Yes. Plenty of jobs are access only. Plenty are a repair with a tower. Tell us on the form; we will not pad a quote with a trade you did not ask for.
Postcode, what the job is for (scaffold, roof, or both), how many storeys, roughly how long you need access, and photos if a visit is not yet possible. A phone number is the fastest way for us to close the gaps.