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Working in Tring

Scaffolders who know Tring

Tring is about 9 miles west of Hemel Hempstead along the A41. The town centre is a conservation area of period cottages and Victorian terraces, with newer family homes around the edge.

Older properties often need careful roof and chimney work. The scaffold has to fit narrow lanes and small front gardens too.

Yards, terraces and Rothschild buildings

Behind the High Street, Tring's old burgage plots run back from narrow frontages into long yards, reached through alleys or carriage arches and in places still cobbled. Getting tubes and boards to the back of one of these buildings is often the hardest part of the job, so the route in is the first thing we look at.

West of the centre, the triangle between Langdon Street, the High Street and Park Road is mostly nineteenth century terraces in dark red brick with slate roofs. Around the town are buildings from the Rothschild era by the architect William Huckvale, such as Louisa Cottages and the Market House, with red brick, black and white timber framing and tile hanging.

Jobs we are often asked for

Roof and chimney work on period homes
Temporary roofs for re-roofing
Extensions and loft conversions
Repainting and repairs

Temporary roofs in Tring

Older roofs in Tring can take longer to strip. A temporary roof keeps the weather out for as long as the job needs.

More about temporary roofs

Narrow streets and the licence

Akeman Street is narrow and densely built, with buildings right at the pavement edge. In the terraced streets west of the centre, cars often park half on the pavement. A front scaffold in either place stands on the highway and needs a Hertfordshire County Council licence.

The county council asks for the pavement to be checked for existing damage before a licensed scaffold goes up, so nobody is charged later for cracks that were already there.

The town centre is a conservation area.
Narrow lanes can limit deliveries, so we plan access before the day.

The Tring conservation area

Dacorum Borough Council designated the Tring conservation area in October 1969 and extended it in 1978 to take in more of Western Road, Chapel Street, Queen Street, Langdon Street, King Street, Albert Street and Akeman Street.

Local brick and clay tiles are used throughout, with timber framing showing mainly on side and rear walls. A pair of villas on Park Road is covered by an Article 4 direction, which removes some of the changes owners could otherwise make without planning permission.

Questions

Scaffolding in Tring: common questions

Can scaffolding reach the yards behind Tring High Street?

Often, through the alley or carriage arch that serves the yard. Everything then has to be carried in by hand, so we look at the route at the survey and allow for it in the quote.

Is my Tring terrace in the conservation area?

Parts of Western Road, Chapel Street, Queen Street, Langdon Street, King Street, Albert Street and Akeman Street were added in 1978, on top of the town centre. Dacorum Borough Council publishes the boundary map.

Do older roofs in Tring need a temporary roof?

Not always, but larger roofs on older houses can take weeks to strip and rebuild. A temporary roof keeps the weather out for the whole job and can be quoted alongside the scaffold.

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Scaffolding in Tring