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Scaffolding Beams

temporary roof made with aluminium lattice beams and corrugate steel sheets

Beams have a variety of applications in scaffolding, including spans, temporary rooves, and structural reinforcement. All the beams supplied by Orchard Hire and Sales Ltd. are made in Britain and have been tested by independent engineers to comply with BS8118 & BS EN 1999-1-1. Out-of-stock sizes can be made to order.

Aluminium alloy lattice beam for scaffolding

Lattice Beam

Welded tubular aluminium beam with extruded oval cross-members. Depth 450mm. Beams can be joined end-to-end with separate spigots in conjunction with spigot clips or bolts. 48.3mm tube (4.47mm wall thickness) grade 6082 T6 aluminium.

LengthWeightStock
4.0m19kgyes
5.0m24kgyes
6.0m28kgyes
8.0m37kgyes
aluminium alloy ladder beam for scaffolding

Aluminium Ladder Beam

Welded aluminium beam entirely in 48.4mm O.D. tube. Standard width 305mm (12") centre to centre. Overall depth 353mm. 48.3mm tube (4.47mm wall thickness) grade 6082 T6 aluminium. Bespoke sizes made to order.

LengthWeight
4.0m20kg
6.0m30kg
8.0m40kg
aluminium alloy ladder beam for scaffolding

Steel Ladder Beam

Welded steel beam entirely in 48.4mm O.D. tube. Galvanised or ungalvanised. Standard width 305mm (12") centre to centre. Overall depth 353mm. 48.3mm tube. Bespoke sizes made to order.

LengthWeight
8ft26kg
13ft42kg
16ft52kg
21ft68kg
x-beam

X-Beam

Welded aluminium beam. Overall depth 750mm (2′ 5 1732″). Centre to centre 702mm (2′ 3 4164″). Weight 6.7kg/m (compared with steel at 13.3kg/m). Comes with spigots bolted in. Four extra bolts or spigot clips required to join each pair of beams end-to-end.

LengthWeightStock
1.0m8kgno
2.0m16kgno
3.0m24kgyes
4.0m32kgyes
5.0m40kgno
6.0m48kgno
7.0m56kgno
8.0m64kgno
spigot connector for scaffolding beams

Spigot Connector

For lattice beam. chromate-passivated steel. Drilled through in six places to accomodate spigot clips for fastening the spigots inside the beams.

scaffold-beam spigot-connector latch-pin

Latch-Pin

With the holes in the beam and spigot lined up, these latch pins clip the spigot in place. Zinc plated steel.

aluminium alloy lattice beam ridge piece for scaffolding

Ridge Unit

Welded aluminium. Joins beams together at a pitch of 15° using spigot connectors. Ridge pieces for temporary roofs at other pitches can be made to order. Ridge pieces are available for 450mm lattice beams and 750mm diamond or X-beams.