Tower Hire for painting fascia boards

[curium]

Hi

I'm thinking of hiring one of these MiTower One Person Towers to help paint my fascia boards.

Anybody here use one before?

Thanks

 

[gc1967]

I have used one and they are very good, sturdy and enough room for yourself and kit needed, nice if you have a friend to move you around instead of keep coming down and moving the tower along

 

[Tigercubrider]

You're not supposed to move a tower with someone on it. Ok so we have nearly all done it before but all the courses I have been on stress the risk

 

[scbk]

How high do you need to go and are you likely to need it in the future? You can buy a steel scaffold tower for not much more.
You'll need somewhere under cover to store it though

 

[lostinthelight]

Doesnt look much room to store kit when the trap door size is taken out if one has to get up and down to move it.

 

[gc1967]

There is enough room for a paint kettle and brush, sandpaper, putty, knife and dusting brush and 1 person me thinks.
Does not moving someone around on a tower against health and safety rules on your own property ?

 

[opps]

The regular hire price is £195 per week.

Scaffolding for a 5m wide house will be as little as £300 (cash in London [if you shop around]). It will also be faster (no need to move every 30 mins) and much, much safer.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Does not moving someone around on a tower against health and safety rules on your own property ?

It isn't safe practice and if there is an accident (say because one wheel goes into a pothole and tips the tower over, injuring the "surfer", or jolts the "surfer" off the top over the rail) then the person pushing the tower will potentially kop it. PASMA stronly advise against "scaffolding tower surfing" on their courses because of the dangers inherrent in it