Scaffold for Home Siding Repair on the Ocean

October 3, 2018

The winter and spring of 2018 delivered powerful storms across the Maine coast, causing plenty of damage along the way. That’s how this homeowner project began. The customer called our Portland office and told us of waves crashing above the first floor window of her seaside home. Shingles had been stripped away from the home in the storm and needed to be replaced.
Scaffold would need to be setup for workers to reach the areas of the house requiring repair. However, this particular scaffold build would come with a test: the house is literally on the ocean and we would have to erect the staging on rocks at low tide.

Staging Scaffold setup on the ocean

The nature of the project dictated that swivel jacks would need to be used as a base to level the staging on the rocks. From there, the build could go up. Because the scaffold was 3’6” wide and more than four times that height (not to mention being situated on rocks in the ocean) the build would need to be tied off to the house. Wall ties were applied to the concrete foundation and just over the windows above the top deck level of the staging. These ties provided extra stability and strength to the structure.

Every decked level of the staging was provided with toe boards and guardrail to comply with OSHA regulations. From that point on, the scaffold was released to the workers for them to do their shingle replacement work and any other touchups they needed to make. Once their work was completed, we were able to safely dismantle the staging and get it off the jobsite.

Ocean front home storm siding damage

A job like this is a great reminder that we can take on odd or difficult challenges, and we do work with the homeowner and not just contractors and businesses. Please contact us if you feel we can help with your project.