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Scaffolders who know Kings Langley

Kings Langley is about 3 miles south of Hemel Hempstead, one of the closest places we work. The village mixes period cottages along the High Street with interwar semis and newer estates.

Semis and short terraces make up much of the work here: front scaffolds for roofs and gutters plus rear scaffolds for extensions and dormers.

High Street cottages and the Gade valley

The High Street was the main road through the village until the A41 was moved to the west. It still has timber framed houses behind later brick fronts. Numbers 46 to 50 are a good example: refronted in 1762, with the date cut into the brickwork, under a steep roof of old red tiles.

Down in the Gade valley the canal, the railway and the former Ovaltine factory sit close together. The factory's listed front, designed around 1923, now faces newer housing and the works behind it has been converted into flats. The M25 crosses the valley on a viaduct just south of the village.

Jobs we are often asked for

Roof and gutter access on semis
Dormer and loft conversion scaffolds
Chimney stacks
Shopfronts and small commercial jobs

Shopfronts and small commercial jobs

Access for shopfronts, signs and upper floors along the High Street, planned around the pavement and the licence.

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Two councils, one highway authority

Kings Langley is split by the River Gade. The larger western part is in Dacorum and a smaller part east of the river is in Three Rivers, so which planning authority you deal with depends on where you live. The highway authority is Hertfordshire County Council on both sides.

On the High Street pavement the county council expects a licensed scaffold to carry red and white banding up to 2.5 metres and to be lit from half an hour before sunset until half an hour after sunrise.

The High Street is a conservation area with a busy pavement, so licences and pedestrian protection matter.
Being close to our base helps when a scaffold needs adapting at short notice.

The Kings Langley conservation area

The conservation area was designated in 1969 and centres on the High Street and Langley Hill, where most of its listed buildings stand. West of the village, on what is now Langley Hill, stood a royal palace, of which only a few traces survive.

Eighteenth century brick laid over an older timber frame is softer and less even than modern brickwork. Before a scaffold goes up on one of these houses, ask your builder where the ties should sit, so the scaffold is fixed into sound material.

Questions

Scaffolding in Kings Langley: common questions

Which council handles planning in Kings Langley?

It depends which side of the River Gade you are on. Most of the village is in Dacorum, while the part east of the river is in Three Rivers. Either way, a licence for scaffolding on the pavement comes from Hertfordshire County Council.

Is the High Street still busy with traffic?

Less than it was. Since the A41 moved to the west of the village the High Street carries mainly local traffic, but it still has shops and parked cars, so a pavement scaffold needs barriers, lights and a clear way through for people walking past.

Can you change a scaffold at short notice in Kings Langley?

We are about 3 miles away in Hemel Hempstead, so if your builder needs a lift moved or extra boards added, it is a short trip for our scaffolders.

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