Scaffolding their own hands - a recipe from FORUMHOUSE

Sooner or later, the construction of the cottage comes to the facade decoration. And then the question arises: how to carry out the work in a range of heights from 4 to 10 meters? After all needed and pediments "hem" and mount the siding and gutter system installed.

Only one way out - to put scaffolding or tower-round. But industrial forest are expensive, and the price of round-tower with a working height of 8-10 meters much bite. You can certainly take a forest or a tower for rent, but if the work will be stretched over time, this rental will cost a pretty penny.

What to do? FORUMHOUSE experts recommend - to build scaffolding yourself! But how and from what they do, we will explain in today's material.

Metal or wood?

Forests can be made of wood or metal. Practical experience of members of the forum said that to make metal scaffold is economically feasible only if there is "free" iron. If you buy the metal fasteners, engage in welding work, these forests as a result of the factory will cost more and, especially wooden ones.

In addition, if the wooden scaffolding can be carefully taken apart and put the board in a "case", the metal is often doomed to gather dust in the economic block. Experienced builders say that qualitatively made metal scaffolding or tower-round, you can then rent out. But here is how many of the private developers will want to mess with that? Therefore, the majority of members of the forum still prefer hardwood forests.

HukTo (party FORUMHOUSE)

Of course, metal scaffolding best wood, but the main advantage of wooden scaffolding - the relative cheapness, simplicity and speed of manufacture.

Do yourself wooden scaffolding

Before proceeding to the manufacture of wooden scaffolding, you must decide on the work front. If in one case can do the most simple - Extension of forests (eg for filing gables), the other cases (facade finishing stone or brick, plaster work, etc.) requires more serious design.

Sanya2 (party FORUMHOUSE)

I had to finish blockhouse ends of the second floor of the house. The height "a fad" - 8 meters. So I made a timber made of wood, and as the need to increase their height.

Dimensions forest base unit as follows:

• length - 5 m;
• width - 1 m;
• height - 3.5 m.

Buryat (party FORUMHOUSE)

For works of small volume manufacture ladders recommend forests. It is fast, inexpensive and reliable.

The structure itself looks like the letter T, leaning against the wall. Taken as a basis 150h50 board, perpendicular to it nailed another board - supporting platform on which is then laid flooring.
One of the most important elements of these forests are the jib - 25-50h100 boards, which are trimmed on the sides two downed with each other at right angles to the main board.

These forests do not require a rigid connection to the house. Carries the power load retaining board, one end of which abuts the board mounting location, and the other - a pointed end - is stuck in the ground.

If a house or a wooden frame, the timber ladders can be nailed to the wall. If you can not spoil the facade, these woods lean against the wall and carries most of the load retaining board.

When selecting the size of "envelopes" should adhere to the following requirements. If the site is too narrow, then it will be difficult and dangerous to walk. If the site is too wide, it is not excluded gap "envelope" from the wall. The optimal size of the area - 400-500 mm.

Buryat (party FORUMHOUSE)

Retaining the board and, therefore, the height of the forests can be increased. If the length of the board is increased (more than 6 meters), then the rigidity of the structure, the corner between the wall and the blind area, abuts against another board, that the other end is attached to the middle of the first - the main board.

Despite the fact that the structure is well known, at first glance at these forests to doubt their reliability. Let us turn to the practical experience of the users of our website.

Zark party FORUMHOUSE

We are forests called "Armenian". When I first saw this design, I was surprised - how in general it holds?! Tried, I climbed on the deck - it is quite reliable. Himself used ladders woods more than once or on a wooden, and brick building. They are convenient, quickly assembled and disassembled. Do not take up much space.

drosha (party FORUMHOUSE)

Forests of this type are completely safe. To strengthen the walls of the board is not necessary, but it is necessary to screw the decking screws to backup (nails are not knocked down, so you could make it out quickly).

But these forests are not suitable for all the work - mainly for light. For "heavy" jobs that require working with tool solutions, facade decoration stone etc. It requires more capital construction.

Do it like this:

• Taken six-meter board (150 / 200x50) and is placed vertically to the wall.
• Parallel to it becoming the second board.
• Between them they are fixed crossbars. Further, in the same way, the second support is mounted and placed flooring.
• For greater rigidity stands propped up with additional boards, braces that run into the ground.
• As required forests are increasing in height by securing additional vertical boards.

Standard dimensions of the span of these forests:

• the distance between the uprights - 2-2.5 m;
• the width of the deck for - 1 m.

diews (party FORUMHOUSE):

We made such forest last summer. These wall is not attached. We put only on one wall, and then transferred. The main thing - to make braces and supports, and the design will stand out like a glove.

Nails against screws

What battened with each other in the construction of the forests? This issue causes a lot of disputes. Views of members of the forum were divided: some believe that the timber can be assembled on the screws, while others are categorically against - only on nails.

The main argument of opponents of screws - their fragility. Screws not work well under shock load and shear. Result - flies hat design loses strength, up to self-destruction.

Igor Kokhanov (party FORUMHOUSE)

I recommend all to strengthen nails 120 mm, with the mandatory tip to bend the beam and jib. And no screws! I'll tell you a case. Familiar builders did the roof. They are sealed with screws board. Result - forest gone, the four flew with five-meter height. The result - one in the hospital with a broken kidneys. The second - a strong leg injury. But they are more lightly, whether the height is larger, everything could end much more pitiable.

Why did this happen? The nail is made of a relatively soft metal. Under load, it bends rather than breaks. Screws made of hardened metal and alternating and shock loads, it is first a little sognotsya and then break. Moreover, so-called by the people "black" screws, due to quenching, much more breaking than anodized yellow.

For collapsible timber constructions are well suited hex bolts (under the washer) having a diameter of 8 mm and a special metal fasteners.

The main argument of opponents of nails is that the carefully parse forests, knocked to the nails, did not succeed, but a good part of the board will have to throw away or put on the rough work. A structural component of the shear hold large frictional force that arises between the boards, to use long screws 120 - 150 mm. Therefore it is necessary to compromise - to use screws for collecting forest "in the black". In this case, if an error occurs in the first phase of forests collection, you can quickly disassemble and remake. And then how to further penetrate all nails.

An important point - the type of wood from which cobble together a forest. For example, a user with the nickname dgusepe He considers that for the manufacture of forests, as a responsible design, suitable only spruce, but not pine. Because Pine - a tree that grows swirls whorls, and in these places the board have to break property.

But there is a diametrically opposite view.

tani4ka (party FORUMHOUSE)

I have built a forest of pine. And they are perfectly withstood two adult men under the weight of 100 kg and more additional steps. By the way, the forests were collected on a yellow anodized screws. No one fell not broken anything.

To check the board on the strength of it can be put on two columns (for example, composed of three bricks) and jump on it. Poor boards (with knots) will crack or break.

Up: when working on scaffolding is necessary to pay attention to safety. Before starting work, you need to carefully inspect and test all forest units, fasteners, make sure that the design is not cracked, it is not shaken, and fasteners firmly seated. When working at high altitude are kindly requested to provide safety features - safety belt and additional fitting pieces - for fastening belay ropes when moving through the forests.

Homemade forest wood: photos and diagrams are here. How to move a shed without a crane? answer - here. On the choice of material for the construction of a wooden house is told in detail in this article. From this video you'll learn about the most popular house on the project FORUMHOUSE - "Abode of the Angels" in the frame design.