Scaffolding

HERMEQ manufactures scaffold boards, tube and fittings in the UK for building tube and fitting scaffolds, with its steel processed in-house. Timber scaffold boards are machine stress graded and steel scaffold boards are made from pre-galvanised steel, both in a choice of lengths to form a load-bearing working platform. Galvanised steel scaffold tube comes in standard lengths or cut to measure. Couplers join tube at right angles, at any angle or end to end, and prop bracing couplers brace adjustable steel props with scaffold tube. Base plates go under each standard to spread its load. Timber boards, 4mm tube and most couplers are on next day delivery.

HERMEQ supplies scaffolding ladders and stairways, together with the base jacks and accessories that complete access on a scaffold. Youngman staging boards pair an aluminium frame with a marine ply deck to form a working platform between trestles or across a lift. Galvanised steel scaffold ladders, aluminium extension ladders and combination ladders cover access from a single lift up to roof level, and base jacks level the scaffold standards on sloping or uneven ground. For frequent trips between levels, the range extends to temporary stairways and stair towers for multi-storey frames, supplied from permanent UK stock.

HERMEQ scaffolding storage keeps scaffold boards, tube and fittings, from couplers to base plates, in order in the yard and on site. Tube stackers and scaffolding stillages hold scaffold tube off the ground in stacked bundles that move by forklift. Steel fitting bins are commonly bought alongside them to store and carry couplers and other fittings. Solid steel goods carrying cages lift and move loose goods across site by crane or forklift, and further cages, bins, stillages and pallets take mixed kit and stock site stores. The range is manufactured in the UK with in-house steel processing, and many lines are available for next day delivery.

HERMEQ supplies scaffold sheeting for enclosing the scaffold face against weather, dust and noise. Standard sheeting is an economy grade for short-term, low-rise work. Clear sheeting is weather resistant LDPE for built-up urban areas where daylight needs to reach the building behind. Flame retardant sheeting is made from fire resistant LDPE and lasts around three months on site. Acoustic sheeting fits to the scaffold to reduce noise from the works. For branding, standard sheeting can be screen printed, and custom printed marketing sheeting carries full-colour designs across the scaffold. Every type is held in permanent UK stock with nationwide delivery.

HERMEQ scaffolding accessories are the components that make a scaffold safe to reach, work on and pass beneath, and they can be bought online with next day delivery on many lines. The temporary aluminium stairway is light, quick to erect and gives the workforce stair access to platforms at height. Battery LED scaffold lights mark tubes and edges in poor light. The ReadyFix transom holds scaffold boards in place with fewer fittings, which saves material and labour on tube and fitting scaffold. The 6 tonne base jack is a threaded levelling jack for system scaffold, and the trestle range turns builders trestles into guarded platforms for low-level work at height.

HERMEQ supplies a growing range of edge protection and fall prevention systems that guard against one of the most serious hazards on a construction site: a fall from height. The range covers mesh barrier systems for slab edges and voids, stair and trench edge protection, column and overhead fall arrest, safety nets and fall arrest bags.Our best sellers are the Aluminium Fall Arrest System and the Heavy Duty Fall Arrest System, used on formwork and decking where the edge moves with the work. Barriers, posts and sliders are UK manufactured with in-house steel processing, and the range is held as permanent UK stock.

A scaffold tower gives operatives a stable, guarded working platform at height. Compared with a ladder, it gives them a deck to stand on and room to move, set down tools and stay in one position for longer. The most popular towers in the HERMEQ range are the single width and double width aluminium towers, alongside one-person MiTowers and stair towers. Each platform takes operatives, tools and materials, and stabilisers and adjustable legs keep a tower level and steady where the ground is uneven. HERMEQ holds permanent UK stock, with next day delivery nationwide.

HERMEQ supplies fall arrest equipment for work at height on scaffolds, scaffold towers, roofs, slab edges and steelwork. The range covers full body harnesses with one to four attachment points, shock absorbing, forked and restraint lanyards, retractable fall arrest blocks, anchors and connectors, with freestanding fall arrest systems for jobs where there is no structure to tie on to.The Portwest fall arrest kit puts a harness, a shock absorbing lanyard and a carry bag together for one operative, and the 4 point full body harness adds lateral D-rings for work positioning. Harnesses, lanyards, blocks and anchors are each certified to their EN standard, and the whole range is available to buy online with nationwide delivery.