SCAFFOLDING BOARDS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
George Roberts North West Limited – “the company “-has for many years supplied manufactured Scaffolding Boards produced by the UK’s leading Board provider. Predominantly the Boards supplied have met the normal Industry specified Standard known as “Grade A “which have a 1.2m Maximum Supported Centre. These Boards have traditionally held a significant share of the U.K. market place.
GRADE A Standard. To meet the requirement of the standard the boards are either visually graded and identified with a “V G “marking or machine strength graded and identified with an “M G” marking on the – usually – End Band of the Board. In addition the following markings are shown: “Support every 1.2m Max” and the manufacturers mark or code is shown to offer tractability back to source.
In certain environments a BS2482 Board has been requested and supplied. These have a 1.5m Maximum Supported Centre and have traditionally been used and specified in Industrial environments and applications
BS 2482/1981 Standard. To meet the requirement the boards are either machine graded or visually graded to the higher specification required.
Importantly, the Boards (normally on the Bands) MUST also show “Support every 1.5m Max” / “BS2482” / Manufacturers “Licence Number” / the BS “Kitemark” Emblem and the Manufacturers mark or Code for tractability back to source.
George Roberts supply history.
Supply of Scaffolding Boards in the last decade by George Roberts have been to Grade A Standard with the majority Machine Graded to a 1.2m Max support finish. These Boards were supplied since 2003 via our manufacturer under their “Alpha Plus“ Brand which sought to pre-empt today’s criteria by ensuring EVERY Board was Machine Graded and subsequently marked up and identified the same.
In addition many tens of thousands of BS2482/1981 Boards have also been requested and supplied on a regular monthly basis.
CHANGES - JULY 2009. BS2482/2009 “
Following the introduction of a new standard – BS2482/2009 -to encompass the “1.2m Max Centre” Board our supplier has taken the bold step of offering ONLY BS2482/2009 accredited Boards into the market. These now cover both the original BS2482/81 1.5m Max Centre and the NEW BS2482/2009 1.2m Max Centre BS Standard boards – in effect they have abandoned the GRADE A Board Specification completely.
KEY CHANGES.
1. There will be 2 Grades for 38mm x 225xx Scaffold Boards .A 1.2m and a 1.5m support span.
2. 1.2m support span boards can be Visually Graded or Machine Graded.
3. 1.5m support span boards can ONLY be Machine Graded to the new settings.
4. There is a maximum tolerance when setting transoms 0f 100mm.
5. European Whitewood or European Redwood are the are the only permitted species when machine grading scaffold boards. Other species can be approved if the test data is verified. The list of species for visual grading remains unchanged.
What this means to our Clients.
In line with other products supplied by George Roberts our Scaffold Boards meet British Standards. With clear grading and performance criteria by an ISO 9001:2000 Registered Manufacturer / ALL Boards Machine Stressed Graded /Individual Board with traceability / third party factory assessment twice yearly and a Licensed B.S. Manufacturer we here at George Roberts feel that we can offer Scaffolding Boards to meet the B.S.Standard required for today’s continually challenging market.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
Fire Retardant Treatment to BS476/Parts 6 & 7 available. Normally around a 10 Day Lead Time.
Kiln Dried Treatment available. Normally a 10 Day Lead Time.
JBXtra Life treatment to BS 8417:2003 – price and availability on request.
LVL / Laminate Veneered Boards available. Prices and lead times on application.
Plastic Supadec Boards. From STOCK.
All Timber supported by PEFC (Boards carry labelling) and CPET.
LIBRARY REFERENCES.
BS-EN39 / 4mm Galvanised Tube.
EN.10.219-1/06 / 3.2mm High Yield Galvanised Tube.
BS-EN74B & BS-EN74A Fittings / BS1139 Fittings.
EN131 Steel Ladders.
BS1139 General Scaffold Items.
EN12811 Tubular Scaffolding / EN12810 System Scaffolding.
For any friendly and helpful advice please contact our Sales and Hire teams on
Telephone 0151 524 2434 10 Lines
Telefax 0151 525 1500
E-Mail sales@scaffoldingsales.com
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