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Scaffold Towers for Sale
This page was designed to show
our two most popular scaffold towers for sale,
we not only supply towers here in the UK and
Ireland, As of Sept 2009 we will also be
supplying products in the UAE from our newly
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Lewis Industrial scaffold
towers
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The Lewis industrial ladder framed towers are
available in over 16 different heights, two
different lengths and two widths. This product
is ideal for all types of industrial
applications including building sites and
factories. Ladder framed towers are by far the
most popular type of industrial scaffold towers
in the Uk. We do actually manufacture another
system which we call the Lewis 2500. This system
does not have a ladder incorporated into the
frames, it has 250mm rung spacing so you climb
the rungs rather then a ladder. The main benefit
of the Lewis 2500 is the variables in platform
heights, you have twice as many then the Lewis
Ladder frame towers and this is more suitable
when working inside buildings. |
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Lewis 2500 system |
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Lewis Miniscaff Folding Tower
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The Lewis Trade MINISCAFF folding tower is ideal
for any tradesman or jobber when a industrial
unit is to large to use. The MINISCAFF can be
used in confined spaces and transported around
quit easily in the back of a small van or an
estate car. The MINISCAFF components are based
on the industrial tower but made in to a small
compact unit that measures only 750mm wide and
1800mm long. The maximum platform height of this
unit is 6.1m |
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All of our products ranging from our
industrial scaffolding towers to access ladders,
carry the BSI Kite mark as proof our commitment
to quality and standards.
Our Aluminium
Scaffolding towers are made of top quality prime
material and conforms to the British Standard
for scaffoy ld towers & tube BS1139:1994 (now
changed to European Standard EN1004).
Our
tubes are 2inches thick in diameter because one
of the main things to watch out for when buying
an aluminium tower or any other aluminium based
access at height equipment is the tube diameter
and thickness for safety and durability. As a
general rule the greater the diameter of the
tube in the verticals, the more stable is the
tower. Hence the thickness in the diameter of 2
inches in our tubes.
Two Important Height
Measurements.
Scaffolding Towers are mostly
used at building and construction sites where
access to heights above the ground level is
required. As a user or a buyer, it is important
that you understand the different two height
measurements that you should be taking into
consideration when buying a scaffold tower.
The first is what is commonly referred to in the
trade as Platform Height.
The best way to
describe this is simply with you standing on the
platform of the scaffold tower, how far high up
from the ground are your feet? I guess the best
way to explain this is by using an example. Say,
you are a painter and you want to paint the
gutter on a one- story building. The scaffold
tower that you should be buying, should be one
that is high enough to allow you to stand up on
the platform and be able to reach the gutter
without tip-toeing. If you have to tip-toe to
reach the height, not only is this dangerous, it
also means that you are using the wrong platform
height tower for the job.
All our scaffolding
towers come with safety guard-rails. At times
towers are measured from the bottom of the tower
to the top of the safety guard-rails. Please
bear this in mind when ordering your tower. (The
height of the tower including the safety
guard-rails becomes important if you are using
the aluminium scaffolding tower for an indoors
job such as re-decorating the inside ceiling of
a Church building).
However, this is not the
same thing as the platform height. Standing on
the platform, you should be able to reach the
ceiling without over-reaching, over-stretching
or crouching.
The minimum distance between
the platform height and the top of the
guard-rails cannot be less than 1 metre (a legal
requirement). Also, the guard rail must have a
50mm knee rail half way the distance between the
platform and the top of the guard-rail (i.e. at
450mm). The balance 50mm been the hand rail at
the top of the guard-rail.
The second is the
Working Height.
Now, assuming that you have
the first measurement sorted out - you got the
right platform height tower for the job at hand,
the next important thing to consider is the
working height.
A lot of people take this for
granted. What exactly do we mean by working
height? This is the height at which while
standing on the platform on the tower, you are
able to easily and comfortably carry out your
work without putting yourself or anybody else at
risk of harm.
Examples been you have
over-extended the platform on the tower and you
now have to stoop to paint the outside of the
gutter or crouch to paint the ceiling (in the
church example above). Ideally, you should be
painting the gutter with your arm extended
straight out shoulder height – allowing for
minor variations, and for the church, your arm
slightly bent at the elbows. The second example
is where the platform is too low and you are
having to tip-toe. Either way, you are working
at the wrong working height.
The good news is
provided you have purchased the right platform
height tower, you can always adjust the height
of the working height to suit. However, if you
have ordered or bought the wrong platform height
scaffold tower, your options are very limited
without putting yourself or somebody else’s life
at risk.
If in doubt or you require guidance
on choosing the right platform height / working
height tower, please call us on 0845 257 5991
(eight lines) and we will work with you to
ensure the tower you are buying is the right one
for you and the job.
Finally, with the tower
that you are buying, you should be able to
access the highest point that you need to access
without over-stretching or over-reaching |
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GREAT NEWS
Brand New Lewis
Products to be rolling off the production line for April
2010
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Lewis Staging Boards,
600mm & 450mm Wide. Lengths from 2.4m - 6.0m
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Lewis Trestles, heavy
duty aluminium trestles 4 different sizes.
Chinese
Imported Scaffold Towers V's Uk Scaffold towers.
Unfortunately we are faced with
unscrupulous competitors that buy scaffold towers in
from China with no understanding of the sub
standard quality they are pouring onto British shores,
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They mislead with there
BEWARE OF WEAKER INFERIOR TOWER
warnings
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Non
Kitemarked products
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Non
BSEN1004 standard
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Non
Certified
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Cheap Chinese import
Remember, Non
conforming scaffolding towers products are your responsibility, not the
sellers.
WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT
 Our
Scaffold Towers have a British standard kitemark
certification
Our
Scaffold Towers are certified by the BSI to BSEN1004
Our
Products are made here in the UK specifically for the UK
Building and hire industry
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