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05 July, 2021 / 0 Comments

How Cost Effective Is Printed Debris Netting?

Scaffold Shrink Wrapping – What Materials Will You Need?

Scaffold Wrapping Materials - What Will You Need? If you are considering gaining a competitive edge by offering shrink wrap sheeting to your customers, this 5 item check list explains what materials and equipment is involved...

26 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

What Is Printed Netting?

John Homer, our printed debris netting specialist writes: Printed debris netting is a fabric that has been specifically designed to be printed onto. It is a little heavier than standard debris netting and has a thicker...

28 August, 2019 / 0 Comments

Why Consider Black Shrink Wrap?

What is typically used for shrink wrapping scaffolding: Traditionally, most customers have requested white scaffold shrink wrap, it is cost effective, widely available and allows plenty of light through the wrap, so why is black shrink...

20 August, 2019 / 0 Comments

Using Shrink Wrap for Modular Building Protection

Shrink Wrap is becoming an increasingly popular product for modular building protection. Be it modular homes, modular bathroom pods or modular offices, shrink wrap is more and more being used to protect modules for transportation and...

07 August, 2019 / 0 Comments

Calculating materials & labour for profitable scaffold shrink wrapping

Scaffolders often ask me to advise them how much materials they are going to need for a scaffold shrink wrapping job or how much labour to allow. This article shows how to calculate the costs...

25 July, 2019 / 0 Comments

No Heat / No Naked Flame Shrink Wrapping – Can It Be Done?

A hot air gun is usually the essential piece of equipment for shrink wrapping, used for welding / joining individual sheets together and of course shrinking the sheeting ‘drum tight’. Although the designs of individual...

25 April, 2017 / 0 Comments

Printing on Scaffold Shrink Wrap – What Are My Options?

We are all familiar with seeing traditional scaffold sheeting, such as ‘Monarflex’, custom printed to display a contractor’s logo as the sheeting is wrapped around a scaffolding, lift by lift. In recent years, often in...

19 April, 2017 / 0 Comments

Can Shrink Wrap Provide Noise Reduction On Construction Sites?

This week I was contacted by a scaffolding company looking for a shrink wrap scaffold sheeting that will reduce building work noise escaping from a construction site and disturbing people working nearby. Their customer is...

19 April, 2017 / 0 Comments

Do scaffold shrink wrap installers deserve more recognition?

I’ve just spent a few days on The Shetland Islands shrink wrapping a scaffolding with two very experienced installers and it reminded me of the skill and hard work needed to get a scaffold shrink...

06 February, 2017 / 0 Comments