Scaffolding for Erecting Exterior walls
Well, the snows almost gone and we will start to build the cottage walls in April. We were hit with such bad weather last fall we closed it at the subfloor, Typared and tarped it for the winter.
We purchased the plans to make your own scaffolding which turned out great. Well worth the $4.00. Made 2 sets for 60.00. They are great for even ground, great for the interior walls in the basement and will be good for the all walls on even ground.
Our property is sloped, we will build the exterior walls then erect them but will need some kind of scaffolding to stand on, , its only a one story, but we will also need it to put the truss system up ,any idea’s or suggestions on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.
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The old way of scaffolding for soffits works well on uneven terrain. For each vertical support, nail a piece of 2X4 vertically, at the level where you want to stand, through the exterior plywood and into a stud. Then select a 2X4 which is long enough to reach from the ground to at least three feet above the level where you'll be standing. Measure from the ground up the wall to determine the height of the scaffold's horizontal cross member. Then nail a 2X4 to the vertical support, perpendicular at that height. Make the horizontal cross member long enough to allow room to work outside of the roof's edge. Next, after starting some nails in the 2X cross member, raise the support, climb up and nail the cross member to the vertical 2x4, the one previously nailed to the wall. Place supports every 8' to 12' apart, then nail crossing braces from one support to the next, from near ground level to the level of the horizontal cross members. Finally, raise your planks, then nail a 2X4 railing to the inside of each support, waist high.
Using 16d duplex nails makes it much easier to move this scaffold around. Also, if you have some 2X6 or 2X8 available, they would make better horizontal cross members, mainly because you can add an extra nail or two.
Edited 3/28/2007 2:04 pm ET by Hudson Valley Carpenter
Thanks for the breakdown on how to work this out.
Check these out: http://www.amazon.com/Reechcraft-40003-Bronco-Sawhorse/dp/B00005A1KA/ref=sr_1_1/102-9248134-6669702?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1175127939&sr=1-1
They are the cat's meow for uneven ground. They will get you up around 6 feet so you will need to determine if that's enough for you.
Rich
Interesting product, wonder if it really works, I was reading the reviews but don't know if you can trust them. Wonder if you could make them.