Stairwell platforms / built around the banister / London
Scaffolding
Staircase
Level. Safe. Fast.
A flat, boarded platform over the stairwell so decorators, plasterers and electricians can work the full height of the stairs without balancing on a ladder. Adjustable legs stand on the treads, the platform sits dead level, and the banister comes out without a mark on it.
Up in a morningNo marks on the banisterStairs usable underneath
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A floor where
there wasn't one.
Stairwells are the most dangerous place in a house to work from a ladder. A staircase scaffold replaces the ladder with a platform you can stand on, kneel on and put a paint tray on.
Dead level
Adjustable base jacks on every tread take up the height difference, so the platform is level whatever the pitch of the stairs.
Boarded edge to edge
Scaffold boards wall to wall across the stairwell, with toe boards so nothing drops into the hall.
Banister protected
We pad and sleeve the handrail and newel posts, and the standards stand on protection boards, not on the carpet.
Stairs still usable
You keep using the stairs underneath. We leave headroom and never block a fire route.
Guardrails both sides
Double guardrail all round, including the open side over the drop.
In and out fast
Up in a morning, down in an hour. We work around the trades' dates, not the other way round.
How a staircase
job goes.
Every stage has a named person and a date on it. You'll know who is turning up and when.
- Send a photoOne picture from the hall floor looking up tells us most of what we need: the turn, the landing and the ceiling height.
- We measure onceA quick visit to check tread depth, the landing and where the trades need to reach.
- Protection down firstDust sheets, carpet protection and sleeving on the banister before a single tube comes in.
- Built and levelledAdjustable legs on the treads, platform levelled, boarded, guard-railed and tagged.
- Struck the day they finishTell us the decorator's last day and we're there that afternoon.
House, commercial
or emergency.
Same crews, same inspection regime. Pick the one that sounds like your job and send us the details; we ring back with a time and a price.
House
Stairwell decorating, ceiling repairs, new light fittings and skylights in terraces, semis and flat conversions. Up in a morning, floor protection down.
Send the jobCommercial
Communal stairs in blocks, offices and schools. Built out of hours where needed, with safe access kept open for residents and tenants.
Send the jobEmergency
A collapsed ceiling or water damage over the stairs. Propping and a safe working platform the same day so the damage can be made safe.
Send the jobRecent
work.
Real jobs on real London streets. Click any photo on the home page gallery to see it full size.
Asked
every week.
Will it damage my stairs or banister?
No. The legs stand on protection boards on the treads, the handrail and newel posts are padded and sleeved, and the carpet is covered from the front door to the top landing. We've never had a banister claim and we'd like to keep it that way.
Can we still use the stairs?
Yes. The platform sits high enough to walk under on most staircases, and we never block a fire route. For very low ceilings we'll talk it through with you first.
How long does it take to put up?
Two to three hours for a typical terrace or semi, including protection. Taking it down is under an hour.
Can't I just hire a stairwell tower?
Sometimes, and we hire those too. But a tower only covers one spot; a staircase scaffold gives you the whole stairwell at once, so the decorator finishes in one visit instead of moving a tower six times.
The other two,
and where we go.
All three services run from the same yard with the same crews, anywhere inside the M25. Our home patch is south and south-west London.
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Contact
Ring it in.
We pick up.
A scaffolder answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Tell us the address and what you're doing and you'll have a quote the same day.
Open 24/7, nights, weekends and bank holidays included.
Email: info@scaffolding-london.uk