Andrew Copping

The humble scaffold board is one of the most tightly standardised pieces of kit on a building site, and once you know what the stamps and bands mean you can…

If your neighbour has refused to let scaffolding onto their land, they are usually within their rights, but the standoff is rarely as final as it feels. There is no…

If you are hiring scaffolding for your home, the law asks less of you than you might think. Here is who is legally responsible, when a licence is needed, and…

Most two-storey homes are scaffolded in three to six hours, and taking it down is quicker still. What actually sets your dates is the booking lead time and, on pavements,…

Scaffolding is not really priced per week. You pay one fixed price to erect, hire and dismantle, then a weekly rate only if the job overruns. Here are the real…