Scaffolding

Scaffolding may be erected using traditional tubes and working platform.

The following terms are used to identify the component parts of a traditional tube and fitting scaffold:

• Standard: upright member.
• Ledger: horizontal member normally in the direction of the larger dimension of the working scaffold.
• Transom: horizontal member normally in the direction of the smaller dimensions of the working scaffold
• Putlog: horizontal member, flattened on one end, spanning from a ledger to sit in the pointing of brickwork.
• Raker: an inclined load-­bearing member used to support a cantilevered working platform.
• Façade bracing: bracing parallel to the façade of the building
• Ledger Bracing: Bracing perpendicular to the face of the building.
• Eyebolt: means of securing scaffold to the building.
• Through Tie: means of securing scaffold to the building.
• Reveal Tie: means of securing scaffold to the building.
• Base plate: plate used for spreading the load in a standard over a greater area; a base jack is a base plate with a means of vertical adjustment.
• Sole Board: a timber plank positioned beneath two or more base plates to distribute the scaffold load more evenly over the ground.
• Coupler: device used to connect two tubes.
• Platform: one or more platform units in one level within a bay.
• Bay: the distance between pairs of standards.
• Lift: a storey.

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