Church Scaffolding for Uneven Floors
We received a call from a local church in need of the Light Bulb Scaffold™ light bulb changing system. All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church is a beautiful church set in a wooded area here in Shreveport, LA. They had bad bulbs in four of their eight down lights in the ceiling over their pews. They needed rolling scaffolding for stepped floors to change all the bulbs. The pastor, Barbara Jarrell, and two volunteers came by with a utility trailer and rented a system from us.
After trying suction cups on poles and other light bulb changing methods to change their bulbs, they came to the same conclusion everyone else does: you just have to physically get up there and get your hands in the light fixture. Most all commercial ceiling light fixtures have a lens covering the bulb, or a bulb of a size that requires hands-on replacement.
Church Scaffolding Assembly
The first step is to assemble the Spanner Kit (base). It lets you go over and around obstructions like church pews, and the legs adjust up and down to make up for different floor levels.
Barbara (left) and volunteers Terry McNeil (center) and his daughter Ashton (right) set the main beams in place for the first tower location.
The components are easy to handle – no part weighs more than 35 pounds.
No Tools Required for Assembly
Ashton and her dad Terry fasten the Frame Beams to the Main Beams.
No tools are needed to assemble the Light Bulb Scaffold™ Light Bulb Changing System.
Rolling Scaffolding Saves Time
It’s easier to assemble the Spanner Kit (the beams and adjustable legs) using the regular feet instead of casters.
Since the tower will be rolled side to side to change bulbs on both sides of the church, at this point they swap out the feet for the casters.
Roll Church Scaffolding into Position
Lock the casters and start setting frames. The first couple of frames can be passed up by hand.
Barbara is lowering the frame into the stack pins welded to the Frame Beams.
We use high-tensile tubing to keep the frames light, yet incredibly strong. They weigh only 35 pounds each.
Gin-pole for Easy Assembly
A light-weight gin pole with a rope and pulley is provided with the Light Bulb Scaffold™ System. It locks to the frames at any height needed.
The person on the ground pulls the rope to lift the parts up to the man on the tower. All the man on the tower has to do is guide the part into place. There is no awkward balancing act trying to support the weight of the frame while stabbing it on the stack pins. The man up top always feels safe and secure while assembling the tower.
Perfect for Uneven Floors
While the person on the ground is supporting the weight of the frame (35 pounds), the person on the tower simply guides the frame onto the stack pins as its lowered.
Best Scaffolding for Churches
Terry easily and safely changes out a lightbulb using the Light Bulb Scaffolding™. Stepped floors, stepped balconies, and sloping floors are no problem for our light bulb changing system.
Rolling Scaffolding is Easy to Reposition
With the first bulb changed, it was time to roll the platform to the other side of the church and change the corresponding bulbs.
The guardrails were removed to miss the suspended floodlights on the right. Those bulbs were changed out as well, even though only 2 of the 4 were burned out.
Light Bulb Changing Made Easy
Ashton uses the rope and pulley on the gin pole to send the bulbs up to Terry. Light Bulb Scaffold™ is much safer for tall ceilings compared to a standard light bulb change ladder.
Affordable Scaffolding for Churches
Terry is changing another bad bulb. The ring you see to the right of his elbow is the trim ring that’s tethered to the fixture. Churches also use Light Bulb Scaffolding™ to hang and remove decorations, clean air vents, clean windows, and install cameras, speakers and microphones.
Scaffolding for Stepped Floors
Now it’s time to move up the steps to change bulbs over another row of pews. It took about 10 minutes to bring the aluminum decks and frames down so the spanner kit could be lifted up and over the pews to the next row.
You could leave some frames on the Spanner Kit base if you have a little more manpower on hand.
Church Scaffolding Designed for Uneven Floors
The Spanner Kit base is in position to go back up with the tower.
Easy to Assemble Church Scaffolding
Barbara and Ashton begin to set frames. It took about 20 minutes to rebuild the tower and then it was rolled side to side on its castors to change bulbs over the entire row.
Versatile Multi-Level Scaffolding
Terry snaps the 22-pound gin pole to the center of the first frame to continue up with the tower to complete another row of lightbulbs.
