Scaffold Tower Hire Ireland

Aluminium scaffold towers for hire

A scaffold tower - also called an aluminium access tower or mobile tower - is a free-standing platform built from lightweight aluminium frames, braces and a boarded working platform, usually mounted on lockable castors so it can be repositioned by hand. Towers suit jobs that a full tied scaffold would be over-specified for: interior decorating, sign and lighting maintenance, gutter clearing, plastering and short-duration external repairs.

Ainscaff has supplied and built access equipment across Ireland for over 40 years. As well as mobile towers we hire stair towers, which add a built-in staircase for safe, repeated pedestrian access where a ladder frame would be impractical or where numbers of workers need to reach a platform.

Tower sizes we hire

We hire towers in a range of platform heights to suit the reach you need. As a rough guide:

Tower or traditional scaffold?

A mobile tower is the right tool for light, mobile, short-duration work by one or two people. A traditional tied scaffold is the right tool where you need a long working platform across a whole elevation, heavier loading (materials, several workers, a temporary roof) or a scaffold that stays up for weeks. If you are unsure which suits your project, our comparison guide walks through it - or ask us and we will advise honestly on the survey.

Safe use of access towers

Aluminium towers are supplied to the EN 1004 standard for mobile access towers. Safe use depends on assembling the tower correctly with all braces and outriggers or stabilisers fitted, locking the castors before use, never moving a tower while someone is on it, and not exceeding the rated platform load. Ainscaff can deliver, erect and inspect towers, or hire equipment to competent users; for any tower used on a construction site, the same weekly and post-weather inspection duties apply as for a traditional scaffold, in line withHSA working at height requirements.

Why hire your tower from Ainscaff

• Over 40 years' access experience and three generations of family ownership
• Mobile aluminium towers and stair towers from a single Irish supplier
• Delivery, erection and inspection available, or dry hire to competent users
• Safepass-certified crews and CIRI registration
• Nationwide coverage from depots in Dublin, Cork and Galway

Scaffold tower FAQs

• What is a scaffold tower?

  A scaffold tower is a free-standing, usually wheeled aluminium access platform for one or two people. It is lighter and faster to assemble than a traditional tied scaffold and is used for painting, maintenance and short-duration work at height.
• How high can a scaffold tower go?

  Ainscaff hires towers with working platforms from about 3m up to 8m. Taller free-standing towers are possible but need extra stabilising measures; beyond a certain height a tied scaffold is usually the better and safer choice.
• Can I move a tower with someone on it?

  No. A mobile tower must never be moved while a person, tools or materials are on the platform. Lower the platform, clear it, move the tower on level ground, then re-lock the castors before climbing.
• Do you deliver and erect towers, or is it dry hire?

  Both. Ainscaff can deliver, erect and inspect a tower for you, or dry-hire the equipment to competent users. Tell us your project and we will recommend the right option.