Graded Timber Scaffold Boards
John Brash is one of the UK’s principal manufacturers of scaffold boards and fire retardant scaffold boards. Our Scaffold Boards are recognised as the premier scaffold board available and are Kitemarked with the symbol of BSI third party accreditation.
We are constantly improving standards and taking a leading role in developing new British Standards, including the new BS 2482:2009. John Brash Timber Scaffold Boards are graded to BS 2482:2009. The John Brash Kitemark Licence Number KM 07800 is stamped onto the end band of each board. The Kitemark is a registered certification mark owned and operated by BSI. It is one of the most recognised symbols of quality and safety and offers true value to consumers, businesses and procurement practices.
Whilst Grade A scaffold boards used to account for a significant share of the UK scaffold board market, this is going to change. The industry has always asked for ‘BS’ tube and ‘BS’ fittings but often settled on a non BS or Grade ‘A’ scaffold board.
The Grade ‘A’ has often given a good safe performance, but with grading processes differing from company to company, standards vary. The HSE recognised this and, in conjunction with the industry, commissioned an extensive research project. The result is BS 2482:2009. John Brash has always used the machine settings and visual rules planned for BS 2482:2009 for its Alpha+(TM) grade. BS 2482:2009 was published in July and takes immediate effect.
John Brash manufactures three categories of Scaffold Board:
• 38×225 BSI 1.2m Support Centre
• 38×225 BSI 1.5m Support Centre
• 63×225 BSI 2.5m Support Centre
38×225 BSI 1.2m Support Centre
These graded scaffold boards can either be machine or visually graded. John Brash machine grade scaffold boards wherever possible, as this is the most reliable method of grading. Each board is passed though a machine which measures deflection under a prescribed load. The board is tested in the plane that it will be used. This detects critical defects, such as excessive slope of grain, which can easily be missed when visually grading.
Lengths
0.6M – 4.8M (typically in 300mm increments)
38×225 BSI 1.5m Support Centre
These boards can span wide centres or carry higher loads. The required quality is only attained by machine strength grading – visual grading is not permitted.
Lengths
0.6M – 4.8M (typically in 300mm increments)
63×225 BSI 2.5m Support Centre
These boards (often referred to as Timber or Scaffold Battens) can be either visually or machine strength graded. Care must be taken when ordering to ensure the boards match the correct system and are precision cut to the designated lengths.
Lengths
Kwikstage: 2.416m, 1.805m & 1.250m or to special order.
Cuplok: 2.450m, 1.750m & 1.250m or to special order.
For more detailed information on our scaffold boards or information regarding services such End Banding, Nail Plates, Branding or JB Firesafe fire resistant scaffold boards, please download the technical specification sheet.