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Metaltech scaffold systems

The Metaltech systems you can plan in ScaFix, with the numbers the planning engine uses for each one: type, bay lengths, depths and the approval or manual its wall-tie rule cites.

· How the numbers are computed ·

Metaltech Saferstack scaffolding around a house of 11.4 × 5.3 m with a gabled roof (eaves 4.5 m, ridge 6 m), drawn by the ScaFix 3D model
Metaltech Saferstack around the example house, as ScaFix draws it in 3D.

Which Metaltech scaffold systems can ScaFix plan?

ScaFix models 2 Metaltech scaffold systems: Metaltech Saferstack and Metaltech Saferstack Mason. They cover frame scaffolding, with bay lengths from 2.13 m to 3.05 m. Each is planned on your own walls by the same engine as the app. The table below lists each system’s bay lengths, depths and the approval its tie rule cites.

Metaltech at a glance

Systems in ScaFix
2
Types
Frame
Website
metaltech.co

Metaltech systems in ScaFix

The bay lengths and depths are every size the catalogue offers for the system, across its variants. «Approval» is the number the system’s tie rule cites; «–» means the rule cites a manual or no document.
SystemTypeBay lengthsDepthsApproval
Metaltech SaferstackFrame3.05 m, 2.44 m, 2.13 m1.52 m, 1.07 m, 0.91 m–
Metaltech Saferstack MasonFrame3.05 m, 2.44 m, 2.13 m1.52 m, 1.22 m, 0.76 m, 0.61 m–

Metaltech systems on the same example house

Each system planned on ScaFix’s example house (11.4 m × 5.3 m) with the default settings. The totals differ with bay length, depth and part design; a lower total is not better by itself. How the example is set up is on the methodology page.
SystemLong-wall baysDepthParts in total
Metaltech Saferstack41.52 m318
Metaltech Saferstack Mason41.52 m330

Sources

Tie rule for Metaltech Saferstack: Metaltech «Exterior Scaffolding Guidelines» (2021) p. 1–2: tie when the height exceeds 3–4 × the base, then every 20 ft high and 30 ft along (3:1 free-standing). Tie rule for Metaltech Saferstack Mason: Metaltech «Exterior Scaffolding Guidelines» (2021) p. 1–2: tie when the height exceeds 3 × the base (24" narrowest frame: 1.83 m), then every 20 ft high and 30 ft along. ScaFix is a planning tool, not a structural approval.

Questions and answers

How many Metaltech systems does ScaFix have?

2: Metaltech Saferstack and Metaltech Saferstack Mason. The length variants of one system count once.

Which bay lengths do Metaltech systems use in ScaFix?

Metaltech Saferstack: 3.05 m, 2.44 m, 2.13 m; Metaltech Saferstack Mason: 3.05 m, 2.44 m, 2.13 m.

Is ScaFix made by Metaltech?

No. ScaFix is independent planning software by Ole Emil Frikstad Urstad; it is not made, sold or endorsed by Metaltech. The bay lengths, depths and tie rules come from the documents cited on this page. ScaFix is a planning aid, not a structural approval.

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