Funny eBay...

[doobin]

Mini Scaffold Tower | eBay

 

 

The funny bit is this-

 

"I made my own scaffold boards out of decking boards from B&Q. Took about an hour to make and cost around £50."

 

For £50 he could have had condemmed scaffold boards, cut the decent portion out, and had wood left over for his wood burner!

 

Anyone here fancy trusting their life to some B&Q decking boards?

[Steve Bullman]

Yep, i would!

[doobin]

Yep, i would!

 

That's a 4ft span with no centre support, unlike when decking is used for it's intended purpose.

 

My 13 1/2 stone would go straight through that

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Depending on their grade, scaffold boards are either 1.2m or 1.5m centres for support. The super boards rated at 1.5m came in and to be honest were no better than standard, the sellers just charged a premium for them when there was a worldwide shortage of scaffold boards in 2006.

 

HTH

 

Steve.

[Arbtech Tree Services]

My 13 1/2 stone would go straight through that

 

A standard scaffold decked out at 1.2m centre supports is rated at 2.00 kN m2 - don't know what B&Q's decking is rated at?

Edited March 31, 2013 by Arbtech Tree Services

[doobin]

A standard scaffold decked out at 1.2m centre supports is rated at 2.00 kN m2 - don't know what B&Q's decking is rated at?

 

Certainly not that much

 

Decking supports are usually every eighteen inches- any more and the flex is evident right away.