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4 Quick Tips on Renting Scaffolding Equipment

by Larry Chetan Business

Are you a building contractor looking to enhance safety during your assignments? Are you a homeowner looking to ensure your safety as you go about your home repairs and/or cleanups? Then hiring the right scaffolding is exactly what you need.

Scaffolding is a temporary structure that is made up of tube frames and metal pipes that construction workers can rely on during their everyday work. As a matter of fact, most construction companies use scaffolding and scaffolding equipment to ensure that their works have temporary fencing, utmost safety as well as maximum productivity during their assignments.

And since scaffolding can be quite expensive, the best way to ensure safety and efficiency more affordably is by opting to hire the scaffolding equipment. Here are 4 quick tips that you can use when hiring scaffolding equipment.

·         Ensure that the company you are hiring from has public liability insurance.

One of the best ways to minimize the high costs of hiring scaffolding equipment and/ or services is by finding a firm with public liability insurance. The advantage of going for a firm with valid public liability insurance is that the insurance provides coverage in case of an accident. Therefore, for scaffolding rental CT, go for a firm that is properly insured.

·         Find out the minimum or maximum period for hiring scaffolding.

In most cases, construction builders and homeowners spend a lot morefor maximum periods than they would have for minimum periods. For example, the minimum hiring period for most companies is 2 weeks. To ensure that you have control of your cash flow and that you get to save some amount at the end, go for minimum periods of hiring.

·         Go for a scaffolding firm that is willing to go for site visits.

As we all know, there is a lot to do when it comes to construction. In fact, there are certain projects that cannot be laid out on a plan and be clearly passed on without site visits. So whether you are planning on a small project or a much more complicated one, it is necessary that you get scaffolding services from a firm that is willing to visit the project site. It is by so doing that the firm’s professional staff will give you a feedback, a recommendation or a warning that will definitely be of great importance during the entire assignment.

·         Ask about odd hour services and their charges.

A good scaffolding company will understand that sometimes, duty calls even during the odd hours of the day/night. And because sometimes it’s hard to tell when or where you might need the scaffolding services, it is wise that you find a company that is willing to fit into your schedule. Therefore, select a scaffolding firm that considers odd hours at no extra cost.


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