Mill-roof access without a ground-up solution.

Three designed truss-outs using tube and fitting or system scaffold around the existing mill buildings and roofing work above.

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Project overview

One access principle. Three very different roofs.

Veritas delivered tube-and-fitting truss-outs at Dale House Mills and Union Mills in Huddersfield, and a system truss-out at Horsforth Mill in Leeds. Each project created an external working platform for roof-level works where the access had to be developed around the existing building.

Project type: Designed tube-and-fitting & system truss-outs
Locations: Huddersfield & Leeds
Buildings: Dale House Mills, Union Mills & Horsforth Mill
Works: Metal-clad roofing and lead-theft roof repairs
Union Mills logistics: Materials craned onto the roof

Dale House Mills

A tube-and-fitting truss-out scaffold was installed to provide access for works to the metal-clad roof at the Huddersfield mill.

Union Mills

The scaffold supported metal-clad roofing works at roof level. Materials were craned onto the roof so the access and logistics could work together.

Horsforth Mill

The system truss-out in Leeds provided access for roof repairs after lead had been stolen from the building.

Access approach

Designed from the building outwards.

Truss-out access

Platforms were projected beyond the building face to create a usable work area at roof level.

Mixed systems

Tube and fitting was used at Dale House and Union Mills, while Horsforth used a system truss-out around its tower and roofline.

Roofing interface

Working access was arranged around the roof areas required by the roofing teams on each site.

Material logistics

At Union Mills, the delivery method accounted for roofing materials being lifted onto the roof by crane.

Project photography

Each truss-out, shown properly.

01 / Huddersfield

Dale House Mills

Designed truss-out access for metal-clad roofing works, following the roofline and the mill elevation.

Roof-level tube-and-fitting access at Dale House Mills — Dale House Mills — access running along the metal-clad roof elevation.

02 / Huddersfield

Union Mills

Tube-and-fitting roof access coordinated with a crane lift that placed the required materials onto the roof.

Wide external view of the Union Mills access scaffold — Full external access arrangement.

Tube-and-fitting truss-out projecting from Union Mills — Truss-out detail viewed from roof level.

Internal tube-and-fitting support arrangement at Union Mills — Internal support arrangement within the mill.

03 / Leeds

Horsforth Mill

A designed system truss-out providing access for roofing repairs after lead was stolen from the mill roof.

High-level system truss-out scaffold at Horsforth Mill — System truss-out access around the mill tower.

Internal support for the Horsforth Mill system truss-out — Supporting system truss arrangement inside the building.

System truss support inside Horsforth Mill — Internal support detail beneath the system truss-out.

What this demonstrates

Designed access for awkward roof-level workfaces.

These projects show how either a tube-and-fitting or system truss-out can be developed around different buildings, roofing packages and site logistics when conventional ground-up access is not the right answer.

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