"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:47:16 GMT, Lobster wrote:

As a starting point, the ones on Screwfix seem to be around a grand
which is a bit mind-boggling; is that about par for the course?

For Ali, yes. Exchange and Mart has been mentioned and you'll find
suppliers of steel towers for much less cash.

Note the HSE legislation mentioned in the Screwfix cat that says
anyone who can potentially fall more than 2m uses a fall protection
system. It take that to mean a safety line and fall arrest block,
rather than just safety rails/kicking boards but could be wrong.
Anybody know?

The guidance to the regulations states that a rail, not less than 1.1m high,
with a second rail at half that height and a kicking board is deemed to meet
the requirement for protection aganst falls. However, you still have to get
up the tower, which will require a securely fixed ladder if you don't have a
safety line. The towers with integral ladders in one end comply if there is
a cage or other system to prevent you falling backwards once you get above
2m.

Colin Bignell