During construction and finishing, it is usually necessary to perform work at height. You can solve the problem by various methods. The most effective is to use scaffolding. For private use, you can purchase a metal structure. However, making scaffolding with your own hands, you can achieve considerable savings. Consider the main stages of their implementation.
Choose the right material
From the very beginning, you need to take care of different types of wood. A beam of 50? 100 or 100? 100 mm is necessary for the manufacture of bearing supports. For the construction of horizontal flooring, you can use boards with a thickness of 50 mm or more.
During construction and finishing, it is usually necessary to perform work at height. You can solve the problem by various methods. The most effective is to use scaffolding. For private use, you can purchase a metal structure. However, making scaffolding with your own hands, you can achieve considerable savings. Consider the main stages of their implementation.Choose the right material
From the very beginning, you need to take care of different types of wood. A beam of 50? 100 or 100? 100 mm is necessary for the manufacture of bearing supports. For the construction of horizontal flooring, you can use boards with a thickness of 50 mm or more.
On stiffeners and fences, you can save and use boards whose thickness is 25 mm or a little more. In the manufacture of supports it is necessary to make sure that the tree does not contain cracks and knots, nor should it be rotten.
Getting to the construction of scaffolding
First you need to lay on a flat surface a couple of bars, the height of which does not exceed 6000 mm. The distance between them should correspond to the estimated length of the forests. Similarly, a couple more bars are stacked in the neighborhood. Their upper sections should be arranged so that they converge a little, which will increase the stability of the future design. If there is a distance of 4000 mm between the supports, then convergence in the upper part of about 500 mm will be enough.
Next, the side elements made of timber should be screwed onto the support beams. They will perform the function of supports for decks, so the fastening is performed from the inside. In case of self-production, scaffolding in height should be no more than 3 floors, each of them should have sidewalls, plus an additional bottom to increase strength.
Now you need to install the side cross members, they are fixed with long screws. Of course, you can also use nails, however, it is much faster to disassemble a structure from self-tapping screws.
In the end, it remains to lay the flooring and fix the fence over all the platforms. On the sides of the structure, auxiliary crossbars can be fixed, which will serve as a ladder.
Work on the construction of scaffolding must be carried out without undue haste, making sure of the high quality and strength of each connection. This will avoid various injuries and confidently perform work without worrying about your safety..
