timmo66 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 For those of you that work on sites more than I do, whats the general rule regarding ladders? Or is it site dependent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 usually you cant use ladders. a lot say no steps too securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 What types of ladders are we talking about here and rules regarding what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotmod Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Bigger sites these days ban you from ladders and steps all together. Steps only allowed in confined spaces for short duration work and ladders only allowed to be used as a means of access and not a working platform. Â It's all about mewps, pop ups, scaffolds and platforms now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsturner Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Rarely aloud. Been on sites with no steps , hop ups. Only podiums and scaffold, and then at the end of the job you see plasterers on stilts!! FFS. Depends if the main building contractor will let you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo66 Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 Large steel structured building, cladded around the outside. You know the ones. Roof pitch is roughly 10 metres, which we are going up to to fit fire detection. Â We are late into site. Can JUST get around most of the site with a platform if you dodge all the machinery that has already been installed on the ground, and duck around all the lights and sprinkler pipework. Â However, on one side of the building is a mez floor. Boss looks at the ladders and says "we'll just have to use ladders for this". No no no no no. Â So we are talking very long triple extension ladders on a mez floor, resting on the roof trays, to feed FP across, and fit bases and heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 boom? securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 ..tish Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lwillis Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Sounds perfectly reasonable to me Why were you late onsite tho ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew.brough Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Have I missed something here? Why wouldn't you be allowed to use ladders or steps? You developed wings? www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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