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Neighbours TERRIBLE scaffolding doing my head in

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Seasonofthewitch83 · 13/04/2023 11:10

House across the street is a refurb job that has scaffolding up over the upper floor and roof for a year. They cover it with fabric but EVERY SINGLE TIME we have a windy day it rips off and flaps about. They have only fixed it twice in a year but I am reaching the end of my tether.

Not only does it look HORRIBLE, like a war torn fucking ghost ship, the noise of the loose material keeps waking me up every single time its windy.

Are there rules around how scaffolding has to be maintained?

Not to be a priss about it but as you walk out of the local train station our street is on a hill and you can see this giant fucking eyesore. Its making me irrationally angry that they clearly dont give a shit about anyone else! We are often finding their building crap blown all over the street and gardens.

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OneFrenchEgg · 13/04/2023 21:29

WillHe · 13/04/2023 21:15

@PinkFootstool & @OneFrenchEgg we came to Mumsnet for the kids and stayed to flex our construction law, hell we're amazing.

Grin who knew how useful that training would be outside the 9-5 eh?

Goodgriefisitginfizzoclock · 13/04/2023 21:34

SmokyForTheWin · 13/04/2023 11:28

I think scaffolding has to be checked weekly, for safety reasons. I might be wrong though.

Yes it needs a weekly scaff tag, it’s not cheap either ! About £200 a week to check we are Greater London area

chanceofpear · 13/04/2023 22:02

I didn't know our scaffolding was doing this until my neighbiur mentioned it - we had moved out. Once they mentioned the noise at night i told my builders they had to fix it - which they did.

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