Temporary Roof Scaffold

Our aluminium temporary roof system is class leading and has proven itself again and again with our clients, offering the greatest protection to the elements on many prestigious projects throughout the UK.

Each temporary roof is specifically designed and tailored to the clients needs giving complete satisfaction from design to completion.

What is the main reason for a temporary roof?

Ultimately the main reason for a temporary roof is to keep the project free from the elements and reduce any unnecessary down time on site.

Typically a temporary roof would have been formed using corrugated tin sheets that would overlap to allow protection from the rain. We don’t believe there is anything wrong with this method but as times have moved on and new innovative methods of temporary roof systems have developed they have changed the concept of what a temporary roof should offer.

Our roof system can be made in either a mono pitch style or a dual pitch style, this gives us the flexibility to design and build our clients the most efficient temporary roof for each specific project. 

Depending on the span of the temporary roof we have different methods of erection. For the larger spans we will build the lattice beams on the floor and then crane them into place, this is our preferred method as we believe that it is the safest and most efficient method. We understand that not all projects have the availability for crane access or the span of the temporary roof may not be that great so we also have the option to build the lattice beams at high level at roof level.

Once the lattice beams are in place and have all the sufficient bracing tubes in place we install runners that are fixed to the top side of the lattice beams. These runners allow for us to insert the UPVC sheets from one side and pull it up and over the lattice beams in order to create the temporary roof. The client has two options when it comes to the UPVC sheets, they can either request standard sheets which we would recommend for projects up to 6 months or the heavy duty sheets for projects longer than 6 months. 

Another advantage of our roof system is that we are able to open up one or several areas of the roof to allow for materials to be loaded out/in via a crane. We have recently done this on a project at Heineken UK Manchester and the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Both projects have expressed how efficient and cost effective this option was on site, it did not only save time on site but it kept other trades working which managed to bring the completion date in well in advance of the expected date.

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