Challenge - who can build the most economical scaffolding on pallets?

[Krux]

I'll try to remember to take some pictures tomorrow

Looking forward to it!

 

[Markus P]

Here are some pictures taken this morning. Yes, the handrail is not perfect, I had to patch it together with what I had, but it wasn't quite enough. And the posts ended up in the wrong direction. When I realized it, it was already too far along to fix it. I thought about reinforcing it afterward, but after trying a few solid body checks, I didn't think it was necessary. Enjoy!

 

[Markus P]

Have also tried to avoid cutting the timber as much as possible to prevent unnecessary waste, which is why it looks a little uneven and rough, but nothing that affects the strength.

 

[torparavgrund]

Nice! What was the final height of it in the end?

 

[Markus P]

Nice! What was the final height of it?

The construction isn't that tall, so approximately 230-240cm I would guess.

 

[Krux]

Looks good

 

[Sittställning]

I would have gone for that without blinking, or well I would have dared to blink too

The pallets were oriented correctly so yep! Totally fine in my book.

 

[vhultqvist54]

That's truly royal! Of course, you can build your own scaffold!! That's what people have done throughout the ages.

 

[nino]

Then it obviously depends on whether you need to go up 2m or 10m, 2m then you can probably use almost anything

 

[useless]

10 meters is nothing, right?

 

[nino]

I wouldn't go up 10m in that even if it's surely well-built

 

[Snailman]

Built something similar out of scrap wood when I built a garage. But I used raw planks instead of pallets. It's good to think about how you screw it together so that it's easy to unscrew when you need to move it to another wall. There's also a risk of the wood cracking around the screws if the wood is too weak. Especially with the 25x5 beams. So watch out for that.

I've read that you shouldn't screw, but instead nail; nails usually don't suddenly break, but warn first, that is, give way gradually with various creaking.

 

[GnarlyX]

Hello friends!

I'm currently working on a small house construction at home, and now that it's time for roofing, I'll need to build scaffolding. The usual approach is to rent scaffolding, but with the bad weather lately, I've had time to think a bit, and it occurred to me that it might be possible to build one myself. Has anyone tried this?

The advantages of building one myself, as I see it, are the following:
- The cost may be similar, but all the materials can be reused.
- A great way to use scrap wood from the construction site
- Always fun to build your own! =)

I have virtually unlimited access to pallets, so I thought I would try to use them to keep the cost down a bit. I'm thinking of something like this (see attached image). I've skimped on the wood as much as I dared; the challenge is to make it as cheap as possible! =). The wood in the image is as follows:

green - decking 28x120
yellow - stud 45x70
red - batten 25x5

If you go by the Buildmax prices, the price lands at about 1050 SEK if you buy all the wood new. In reality, of course, you use as much scrap wood as you have first. The cross decking, for example, can be replaced with the lengthwise wood in a pallet, which skips that cost, just dismantle a few pallets.

Can anyone come up with a better solution for the wall section in the example? And perhaps most importantly, would you dare to use this scaffolding?!

You need to have diagonal braces or anchor firmly to the wall.