The dangers of asbestos roof repairs
During the 20th century, asbestos was seen as a miracle material, used across the construction industry for various projects. Prior to it being deemed a serious health hazard due to …
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The benefits of access platforms on the ground
Easi-Dec’s bespoke access platforms and Step-Overs are an ideal and popular solution for allowing safe access over obstacles on roofs. However, these innovative and durable systems can be just as …
The Scaffolding Association – Helping to maintain high standards of training and competence across the industry.
The Scaffolding Association (SA) is the UK’s largest independent not-for-profit trade organisation representing scaffolding and access contractors and manufacturers. Membership numbers are growing fast with over 400 companies from a …
Overcoming the risks of roof obstacles
Despite the introduction of stricter, more organised design regulations over the past few decades, modern roofs remain a hotbed of hazards and obstacles. With everything from cable beds to fragile …
Protecting against the dangers of fragile industrial roofs
Fragile roofs pose a serious risk to both life and limb throughout the UK, with nine people falling to their deaths each year. Common on older or industrial buildings such …
The problem with scaffolding in bad weather
With summer ending and the autumn weather already rearing its ugly head, contractors and tradesmen who work at height are once again facing the unpleasant reality of British weather. When …
The challenge of accessing sloped roofs safely
Sloping and pitched roofs are a common sight on buildings across Scotland. Often found on social housing or commercial buildings, sloped roofs offer many benefits over other types of design, …
Working safely at height in the water industry
When you think of working at height, the water industry is probably one of the last sectors where you think this will be an issue, think again! Work at height …
Is a scaffold tower really your best option?
Scaffolding is a common sight on buildings across the UK, and often the go-to choice when ladders or work platforms are unsuitable. However, in some situations, a full scaffolding solution may …
How to work safely around valley gutters
Valley gutters are a common sight on many older, industrial roofs in Scotland. A valley gutter is formed when two sloping roofs meet at opposite angles and form a ‘V’ …
Where to use rooftop step-over platforms
We recently wrote about the benefits of Step-Over Access Platforms and how they provide an ideal solution when navigating around a premise such as in plant rooms and warehouses, however, …
Safety in the replacement window industry
When installing or replacing windows, work at height can rarely be avoided, but following some very simple principles of how to work safely can reduce the likelihood of accidents, which …
How to provide safe access in a building
We write a lot about how our Easi-Dec Access Platforms provide safe, rapid access to the roofline level, but we also provide a range of solutions for safe, rapid access …
Helping to reduce social housing repair costs
When it comes to general housing repairs, Easi-Dec access platforms can help local authorities and housing associations to save money on the hire of scaffolding or access equipment such as MEWPS, …
Three Cheers to Roof Safety
According to the HSE, falls from height are the third highest cause of fatal and major injuries in the food and drinks sector, comprising 20% of fatal accidents and a …
Ensure your Easi-Dec system is safe for 2019
According to health and safety guidelines, employers have a duty of care to ensure that all equipment is in good condition, and that all workers are trained in its use. …
New year, new products, new brochure from Easi-Dec
To celebrate the New Year, and to continue our ongoing efforts to ensure high safety standards throughout the UK, we have launched an updated version of our product brochure. The …
Avoid roof obstacles with Easi-Dec
Modern roofs are littered with obstacles which can make working safely and efficiently a difficult task. These obstacles can range from frustrating to downright dangerous, with everything from plant and …
Introducing Easi-Cover rooflight protection
We’ve expanded our range of Industrial Roof Safety solutions to include Easi-Cover rooflight protection. HSE statistics show that falls through fragile rooflights and skylights account for a fifth of all …
Carrying out pre-winter roof maintenance safely
With summer done for another year, and winter fast approaching, now is the perfect time to ensure the roof and exterior of your property is prepared for the bad weather …
Important update to our Board-Walk system
Our innovative Board-Walk platform is now even more useful thanks to a recent update. With a simple modification, the system can now run horizontally as well as vertically across a …
Safer solar battery installation with Easi-Dec
Though many solar panels installed on roofs around the UK currently deliver collected energy straight into the National Grid, more and more homeowners are investing in solar batteries and inverters, …
Roof-Walk for fragile roofs
A fully guarded rolling work platform mounted on twin tracks to enable you to move up and down the roof. Protection for Fragile Roofs Designed to overcome the challenges with …
Safe painting and decorating from Easi-Dec
By Soni Sheimar, Easi-Dec General Manager Exterior painting and decorating is a challenging job at best and risky, if not dangerous, at worst. It often combines the risks associated with …
The dangers of solar installation and maintenance
Installing solar panels is not an easy job, and it is definitely not safe; like all work at height it requires serious planning, the right equipment and competent, well trained …
Void properties and what to do about them
Hundreds of thousands of homes across the UK are unoccupied, left empty for various reasons, including financial issues which may prevent the owner from renovating the house, or it might …
Easi-Dec Roofline – The alternative to scaffolding
Easi-Dec, the working at height safety specialist, has supplied Everest with 72 Roofline systems to provide installation teams with a safe, efficient and cost effective solution for accessing roofline level …
Easi-Dec provides safe access system for low-level roofs
Easi-Dec, the working at height safety specialist, has developed a Low Level Roof Edge Protection system to provide a cost and time effective alternative to scaffolding. Designed to provide safe …
Optimal safety with Easi-Dec’s ladder accessory kit
Easi-Dec, the working at height safety specialist has developed a Ladder Accessory Kit, to provide builders, roofers, solar and glass installers, and painters and decorators with a safe and secure …
Working towards safer solar panel installation
After several months of uncertainty, the Feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme has now started to provide the solar industry with some sense of stability. This certainty is likely to bring back …