Builders - cost of scaffolding?

[Davi]

I know this is a bit of a "piece of string" question, but looking for rough ideas on what I should budget for scaffolding the extension. 3 lifts, fairly complex shape as a couple of additional corners but overall dims are 2 stretches 6m long.

[N Dentressangle]

Think I paid around 120ish for 2 lifts a couple of years ago across the front of a terraced house, if that's any help. Sounds like closer to 200 for what you want - get 2 or 3 quotes, perhaps?

[Davi]

thanks for that - had quote number one today at £1500, which I thought was just a little bit - am awaiting call from others to quote!

[Autonotiv]

N Dentressangle said:

Think I paid around 120ish for 2 lifts a couple of years ago across the front of a terraced house, if that's any help. Sounds like closer to 200 for what you want - get 2 or 3 quotes, perhaps?

Fooking hell.

Thats cheap.

£1500 aint too bad, sounds like some complex scaffolding from what you explained.

Who was that quote from?

Try;

Unit 1, The Centurion Centre, Castlegate Business Park,

Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wilts SP4 6QX

TEL: [phone]

Fax [phone]

http://www.griffithsscaffolding.co.uk/

They are the blokes we use. On time, do what you want, quick and most importantly a good laugh.

[Davi]

Many thanks Autonotive, I'll give them a try.

Don't know who todays quote was from, as the bricky arranged it - hence why I want to double check

[Mekon]

My wife was doing the accounts for a builder a few years back, and the £60 per tower figure is what she recalls too.

[Autonotiv]

Mekon said:

My wife was doing the accounts for a builder a few years back, and the £60 per tower figure is what she recalls too.

Whats that ally tower?

or tubes and fittings?

If the later, then whats there number!

Edited by Autonotiv on Tuesday 12th August 22:06

[Zod]

We currently have scaffolding on two sides of a five storey house. It will be there for three weeks. We are paying £2k.

[gmk666]

We paid £800 to have three storeys. Quote was for as long it took the builder to finish the job (repointing), but it ended up being 2 ½ weeks. Good price we thought.

[shim]

whatever you pay watch out for the period of hire because they will make their money out of exended hire costs when your job gets delayed,

make sure you get more than enough hire time for the scaffold as it will cost you very little at tender stage to get a few extra weeks whereas the extended cost on their quote will be x3