Hire a mobile scaffold in Flevoland
Fixed delivery price of €150 for delivery and collection together, incl. VAT. No hidden costs, regardless of the exact location within Flevoland.
Flevoland is the youngest province in the Netherlands: largely reclaimed land with many new-build neighbourhoods in Almere and Lelystad.
In new-build neighbourhoods we regularly work on finishing facades, window frames and gutters, work for which a lightweight, quick-to-assemble mobile scaffold is ideal.
Working on a young seabed
Flevoland is made land: what is now a yard, a garden or a street lay under water not that long ago. The subsoil is young sea clay and sandy loam that is still slowly consolidating, and nowhere in the country is that process as visible as here. Terraces out of true, driveways that fall away from the house and garden paths with a wave in them are the rule rather than the exception.
For anyone working at height that has one concrete consequence: you can rarely assume paving is flat, even when it looks new. Putting a spirit level down before the first frame sections go up saves more time here than anywhere else, because correcting halfway is always more awkward than starting right. The same applies to a driveway that looks perfectly straight to the eye.
Housing estates built to one set of dimensions
The larger towns in this province went up in short bursts, with near identical house types within each neighbourhood. Terraces with the same gutter height, the same roof pitch and the same dormer run street after street. That makes estimating the height you need straightforward: what works at one house works at the neighbours in exactly the same way, which saves a lot of guesswork in a street full of similar maintenance.
On this type of house the job usually finishes well below the maximum reach. Work the height out as platform height plus two metres and you will see that a gutter at two storeys is already within range of a modest build. For smaller jobs on one elevation, a light fitting, a section of gutter or a window frame, the MiTower with its six metre working height is often enough.
The Noordoostpolder and its post-reclamation farms
In the north of the province the polder villages sit inside a grid of farmsteads built shortly after the water went. The farms there resemble one another closely, with a house at the road and a substantial barn behind it. They are buildings with a lot of facade, long gutters and large roof planes, where maintenance is less about height than about how many times you have to reposition.
Space is no problem on such a yard, so the wide version is the logical pick. With a platform 135 centimetres wide and 245 centimetres long you can leave tools and material up top while you work, and one position covers a good stretch of wall. On a paved yard that set-up also rolls easily on to the next bay, with the material still sitting where you need it.
Wind in the open field
Nowhere in the Netherlands do buildings stand as exposed as in these polders. There are no hills, few mature woods, and open arable land between the villages as far as you can see. A house on the edge of a settlement catches the full wind, and a tower standing free there can expect no shelter at all from anything around it.
In practice that means checking the forecast before committing to a day and postponing work at the top heights if there is any doubt. Gusts in open country are also more erratic than in a town, where buildings break up the flow. Working on the sheltered side of a barn or house makes a real difference, and it is often the smartest way to order the stages of a job here.
The old land inside the new polder
Not everything in this province is new. A handful of places stood as islands or high ground in the former sea and still have a compact historic core with narrow streets and old buildings. There the same rules apply as in any old village: the facade is on the building line, the street is tight and 75 centimetres of width is usually the most that will fit between the walls.
The contrast inside one province is therefore unusually sharp. A short distance further on lie estates with wide pavements and gardens where the roomiest set-up can simply be stood up. Anyone working here regularly picks equipment by the settlement rather than by the province, and that distinction is far less pronounced in most other parts of the country.
Large roofs and a lot of installation work
Because the building stock is young and there are many commercial units, barns and sheds with big flat or shallow pitched roofs, a good share of the work at height here concerns what sits on or against that roof. Think of adding equipment, finishing roof edges and creating a safe way on and off a roof plane in the first place.
A tower suits that better than a ladder, certainly when you are carrying material up. The platform is rated for more than a person alone, so tools and a roll of roofing membrane can go up with you instead of being hauled separately. On a large roof that saves dozens of trips up and down a ladder, and over a working day it adds up considerably.
Close to Amsterdam, on the far side of the water
In distance this is one of the nearest provinces from our warehouse, which keeps the planning simple. An order that reaches us before three in the afternoon on a working day stands on site the following working day, and that applies to the southern towns just as much as to the villages in the northern polder. There is rarely any reason to allow more time than that.
Collecting the equipment yourself at our warehouse at Zeeburgerpad 89 in Amsterdam is a realistic option for part of the province, free of charge by appointment. Do reckon on a higher deposit when you collect, precisely because we are not bringing the equipment there and back ourselves. Once everything has been handed in, the deposit follows within one working day.
The maintenance that sets the calendar
Because the housing stock was built in waves, the maintenance comes in waves as well. Whole neighbourhoods reach the point where exterior paintwork is due at the same moment, where fascias and gutter boarding start asking for attention, or where the roof covering on an extension has to be replaced. That produces streets where several addresses take on the same job within weeks of each other, and neighbours sometimes coordinate the work between them.
On top of that, young clay combined with an exposed position means sealant joints and abutments start moving sooner through settlement and wind. The equipment arrives in loose parts and never assembled: building it is the user's job, guided by written instructions and a video. For a standard set-up one person can manage it, two makes it quicker, with the parts laid out in a fixed order.
All towns in Flevoland
We deliver and collect your mobile scaffold throughout Flevoland, including in:
Frequently asked questions about Flevoland
What does delivery cost in Flevoland?
Delivery and collection together cost €150, regardless of the number of hire days and the exact location within Flevoland.
How quickly do you deliver in Flevoland?
Order before 15:00 on a working day and we deliver the next working day. When booking you choose your preferred delivery and collection date yourself.
Can I also collect it myself instead of having it delivered?
Yes, free of charge by appointment at our warehouse at Zeeburgerpad 89, 1019 AD Amsterdam.
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