Page 10 - Student Hand Book - Scaffolding - L&T CSTI Serampore

End guard-rail
End guard-rail is a guard-rail placed across the end of a scaffold or used to isolate an unboarded

part of the scaffold.

End toe-board
End toe-board is a toe-board at the end of a scaffold or at the end of a boarded portion of it.

Façade brace

Façade brace is a brace parallel to the face of a building.

Guard-rail

Guard-rail is a member incorporated in a scaffold to prevent the fall of a person from a platform
or access way.

Joint pin

Joint pin is an expanding fitting placed in the bore of a tube to connect one tube to another coaxi-
ally (see also Spigot).

Knee brace

Knee brace is a brace across the corner of an opening in a scaffold to stiffen the angles or to
stiffen the end support of a beam.

Kentledge

Kentledge is a dead weight, built in or added to a structure to ensure adequate stability.

Ledger brace

Ledger brace is a brace at right angles to the building in a vertical plane.

Movable tie
Movable tie is a tie that may be temporarily moved for the execution of work.

Non-movable tie

Non-movable tie is a tie that will not be moved during the life of a scaffold, as agreed between

the user and the scaffold erector.
Plan brace

Plan brace is a brace in a horizontal plane.

Raker

Raker is an inclined load-bearing tube.

Reveal pin
Reveal pin is a fitting used for tightening a reveal tube between two opposing surfaces.

Reveal tie

Reveal tie is the assembly of a reveal tube with wedges or screwed fittings, and pads, if re-

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