Services • Staircase & access

Temporary staircase hire and site access in Cambridge

Proper stair access fitted into the scaffold - quicker and safer than ladders when several trades are moving up and down all day.

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What it is

Stairs instead of ladders

A temporary staircase is a stair tower built into the scaffold structure, giving trades a proper flight of steps with handrails instead of a ladder. On a job with one person and a short climb, a ladder is fine. On a busy site with several trades, tools and materials moving all day, it stops being fine quite quickly.

The practical case is usually productivity rather than safety alone. Climbing a ladder with one hand free is slow, and it means materials go up separately. Stairs mean people carry what they need, move faster, and aren't worn out by the fourth trip.

Stair access is also the sensible answer where people who aren't scaffolders need to get up - clients, surveyors, inspectors, or the public on managed sites.

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Why choose us

Faster on site, safer for everyone

Trades move quicker

Carrying tools and materials up stairs instead of a ladder saves time on every trip, all day, for every trade on site.

Safer for non-trades

Surveyors, clients and inspectors can get up without needing to be confident on a ladder.

Built into the scaffold

The stair tower forms part of the structure, designed in from the start rather than added as an afterthought.

When you need it

When stair access makes sense

Longer projects where the scaffold is up for weeks, sites with several trades working at once, jobs where materials are constantly moving up and down, high-level work where a ladder climb is long enough to tire people out, and any site where people other than scaffolders need regular access.

Stair access is built into the scaffold structure, so it's normally specified alongside residential or commercial scaffolding rather than hired separately. On longer commercial jobs it's often quoted together with safety scaffolding where people are working below.

We install stair access across Cambridge, Huntingdon, St Neots and the surrounding area - see all areas we cover.

How it works

How stair access is planned

1

Who needs access

How many trades, how often, and whether non-trades need to get up decides whether stairs are worth it.

2

Where it lands

The stair tower needs ground space and a sensible entry point, so we work out where it goes early.

3

Built with the scaffold

The stairs form part of the structure and go up with it rather than being retro-fitted.

4

Checked before use

The whole structure including the stair tower is checked before anyone works from it.

Questions

Temporary staircases, explained

Often not. On a short job with one or two people, a ladder is proportionate and cheaper. Stairs earn their place when the scaffold is up for weeks, several trades are using it, or materials are moving up and down constantly.

More than a ladder - it's a tower with a footprint, so it needs somewhere sensible to land. On tight sites that's the main constraint, and it's one of the first things we check on a site visit.

There are systems designed for public access on managed sites, which are built and specified differently to trade-only stairs. Tell us who needs to use it and we'll design accordingly.

Sometimes, but it's usually cheaper and cleaner to design them in from the start. If you think you'll want stair access, say so at quote stage rather than after the scaffold is built.

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