The most common mistakes when working with formwork
9 September 2024
We do a lot of housework using ladders. But for labor-intensive, long-term work, mobile scaffolds can be used.
Although the structure of the mobile scaffold is more cumbersome than the ladders, it is just as easy to move. The mobile scaffold does not need to be carried in your hands like a ladder; it is mobile due to the presence of wheels.
A disassembled mobile scaffold is not much more difficult to store than a ladder. You can store the mobile scaffold elements in a barn or garage and then assemble it when you need it.
If you have to stand motionless on the ladders, then on the platform of the mobile scaffold you will feel much freer. Within the large scaffolding area you can walk, do work, pick up and put down tools.
It may seem to you that the advantage of a mobile scaffold is freedom of action in the horizontal plane, and movement in the vertical is the advantage of a ladder. But this is not so, because the working height of the mobile scaffold can be adjusted by moving the platform higher and lower.
If you need to paint a wall, then it is more convenient to work not on a ladder, but on a mobile scaffold, where you do not need to monitor 3 points of contact, as on a ladder.
Something as complex as roof repair requires concentration. When standing on ladders, you have to think about balance. While the working platform of the mobile scaffold is a safe workplace with fences. The mobile scaffold can be increased to the desired height. The height of the VIRASTAR COMPACT 2+1 mobile scaffold is 3.8 m. To repair the roof you will need tools and materials. You can place them on the platform near you.
If you have a one-story or two-story house, it is more convenient to repair, wash or change windows while standing on a mobile scaffold. All these works require the use of tools. If you have to hold on on the ladders, then on the working platform of the mobile scaffold your hands are free to work.
If the tree has grown so much that its branches are in your way, then it is more convenient to perform pruning from a mobile scaffold. You will be able to tie cut large branches and smoothly lower them to the ground without throwing them down anywhere.
The main advantages of working on a mobile scaffold:
We suggest that you read the article “Mobile scaffold for interior work.”