We are experienced professionals in putting up putlog scaffold systems using 5ft scaffolding tube as transoms with putlog adaptors fixed as putlogs to the end of the tubes.
This type of structure can also be known as a bricklayers scaffold, and this is due to it being mainly used on new builds especially on internal blockwork. The putlog scaffold system requires the wall of the building that is being built to be used as a support for the inside of the working platform. A bricklayers scaffold has been developed from old masonry techniques where a hole in the wall is made to “put the log”. It also consists of a single row of outside upright standards and can sometimes be called a single scaffolding.
Putlog scaffolds are erected by using one row of outside standards and the putlog works as a connection between the ledger and the wall of the under-construction building which at this particular stage of the build is usually just brick or blockwork and so this means no inside standards are required.
One of the great things about this type of structure is that as you are using putlogs it does not require as many scaffold parts and components as other independent scaffolds. This is because putlogs use the buildings wall for support and in turn this makes it more of an inflexible structure that stands stable (even during adverse weather like wind) in comparison to other systems that can be erected.
There can be some downsides to this method, and this is because it can slow down work as the brickwork has to set prior to inserting the putlogs. Also the holes that are left once the putlog scaffold is removed have to be filled in. So it can cause some minor delays to the project.
For general purpose, the maximum spacing between standards is 2.1 metres.
For heavy duty works the maximum space between each standard is 2 metres.
For general brickwork use the max load it can take is 2.0kN.
If you are using it for heavy duty work then it can take a maximum load of 2.5 Kilonewtons.
The lift height for heavy duty work should be 1.35 metres – 1.5 metres (approximately) and putlog scaffolding can go to a maximum height of 15 metres, unless you have had it designed by a structural engineer.
These are connected to the end of the transom which is normally a 5ft tube. Once the tube is made into a putlog this is then inserted onto the top of the brickwork or blockwork and connected to the inside and outside ledgers of the framework.
These are an integral part of a putlog scaffold in which tube are used that stand in an upright (vertical) position.
These are horizontal tubes that form part of the scaffold structure that connect to the standards (uprights) and transoms.
Single couplers are what connects the putlog tube or transoms to the ledger.
These are used to connect tubes in a right-angle position.
If this scaffolding system is not being used on a new blockwork or brick wall that is being progressively built, then you will need to leave or create a space in the brickwork mortar at a maximum distance of usually 1.2m apart or as per the scaffold structure required. This is so we can insert the end of the 5ft tube with the putlog adapter on it into the brickwork mortar. The process in which we usually build a bricklayers scaffolding system is as follows:
Below is a few more snippets of information about putlog scaffolding:
Although putlog scaffolds are not as popular as they used to be, you may find this kind of structure will be suitable for your brickwork project. So if you would like to obtain a quote from us or would like to know a little more about putlog scaffold then please get in touch with our estimators.