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I’ve seen fairly simple “A” frame type scaffolds in some of the articles in Finehomebuilding. Looks like their built from 2×4 and 1×6 cross-members. Any quick advice on these and how safe they are. I like the idea for a quick use then disassemble and frame up some bath walls.
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"trestles" are built just as you say.. but there is nothing temp. about them...
light ones are 2x3 with 1x8 ledger boards...
heavy ones are 2x4 with 1x8 ledger boards...
they taper ..with the narro top being wide enough at the top for two staging planks to fit between the uprights... so , maybe 30" at the top splayed to 42" at the bottom..
one side plumb .. the other splayed..
mine we built in '75....
you can scab something together.. but what you are describing is a lot of work for temporary...
*A frames are a real factory made tool.Sure you can cobble something together, bear in mindthat your life's on the line.You can also rent many types of scaffolds, stages and planks.If you make something, an a frame's a good start.And make two..like horsees..hee. hee he he!I heard the Babcock Ladder Co. went outa biz. They made a lil A- frame type step ladder called "the stubbie." Way cool and useful.
*to me, temporary staging means one that will fall apart under you while working on it.
*I don't see a problem with building your own a-frame styled horses. We needed lots of temporary horses for our project because our project has lasted many, many months and we didn't want to pay for or rent the number of horses we needed, at different heights, for the length of time we have needed them.So, our carpenter mass produces a bunch of a-frame style horses as described in a previous post; but were cross braced for safety. The legs were screwed on, so that he could quickly substitute longer legs when needed.We used lots of them in our various rooms, laying sheets of plywood on them, overlapping the edges of the plywood, to create big areas of staging for our plasterer and painter to stand on, to get comfortably close to our 9-foot ceilings. Because the horses are made of wood (not plastic or metal like what you might buy or rent), the plywood could be screwed into the tops of the horses and into each other where it overlapped, making for a steady and secure stage. To move it around, we just unscrewed the plywood from the horses.By screwing the legs on, our carpenter was able to substitute longer legs very quickly when we needed some taller horses and staging to reach the 10 and 12 foot ceilings we have in a couple of areas.It's never fallen apart nor given any of our contractors a scare. Our carpenter is very safety conscious, so I knew that they wouldn't be thrown together but would be made strong and safe.We also own our own staging and OSHA planks, which we are using outside, but for the interior work, the open staging we created gave the plasters and painters the freedom to move around as though they were walking on the floor.
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I've seen fairly simple "A" frame type scaffolds in some of the articles in Finehomebuilding. Looks like their built from 2x4 and 1x6 cross-members. Any quick advice on these and how safe they are. I like the idea for a quick use then disassemble and frame up some bath walls.
Thanks