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One of the most popular choices of painters scaffold tower models is the LEWIS Trade Folding Towers Miniscaff. The Trade Folding Tower is a lightweight, compact, and easy-to-use mobile scaffold tower designed for quick setup and mobility, making it ideal for both indoor and outdoor work at height. It features folding frames that allow for easy transportation and storage, and it can be assembled by a single person without tools.
Painters Scaffold Tower Key Features:
- Platform Heights: Available up to 4.2m working height.
- Platform Size: 1.8m long x 0.7m wide.
- Aluminium construction: Strong yet lightweight.
- Folds flat: For easy storage and transport.
- Locking castor wheels: For stability and mobility.
- Certified to EN1004 safety standards.
- Suitable for tradespeople, decorators, maintenance, and DIY use.
It’s a practical choice for those needing quick access to elevated workspaces with minimal hassle.
Be sure to check out the short video below to see if the Trade Folding Towers Miniscaff will work for you!!
The LEWIS Miniscaffs are British Made to the highest standard and the painters scaffold towers deal starts at £472.68 INC VAT
Here at LEWIS, we love to delve into the purpose of the access equipment we manufacture. We enjoy a good banter about it and imagine what if we had been around even longer than we have. Like back in the day of Michaelangelo and his team painting the Sistine Chapel. We know he would have chosen the LEWIS brand if we were around a few centuries ago!!
So on that note, we compiled this list of some iconic works of art and architecture that required scaffold towers for their creation — not just because of their size, but also for the intricate, high-up detail work that wouldn’t have been possible without them:
1. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508–1512)
- Where: Vatican City, Rome
- Why scaffolding: Michelangelo designed his own custom wooden scaffold system that allowed him to lie on his back while painting the vast 12,000 sq ft ceiling. This scaffolding was suspended from holes in the chapel walls — some of which still exist today.
- Fun fact: Contrary to popular belief, he did not paint lying down for the entire project — most of the time, he was standing and craning his neck upwards.
2. The Dome of Florence Cathedral (Duomo) by Brunelleschi (1420–1436)
- Where: Florence, Italy
- Why scaffolding: Filippo Brunelleschi invented an innovative system of scaffolding and hoists to build this massive dome without traditional wooden centering. His system included scaffold towers built inside the dome and machinery powered by oxen.
- Fun fact: The construction was so advanced for its time that modern engineers still study how it was done.
3. The Statue of Liberty (Assembled 1886)
- Where: New York City, USA
- Why scaffolding: During both the original assembly and later restorations, extensive scaffold towers were essential. In the 1980s restoration, a massive scaffolding structure surrounded the statue for nearly two years.
- Fun fact: Gustave Eiffel (yes, the Eiffel Tower guy) designed the internal iron structure — which also needed scaffolding during construction.
4. Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” (1495–1498)
- Where: Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
- Why scaffolding: Leonardo painted this large mural on a high wall of a convent dining hall, requiring scaffold platforms to reach and work at that height. Unfortunately, his experimental technique didn’t age well, and restoration scaffolds have been used repeatedly since.
- Fun fact: The most recent restoration (completed in 1999) took 20 years and involved multiple scaffold systems to avoid damaging the fragile painting.
5. Mount Rushmore (1927–1941)
- Where: South Dakota, USA
- Why scaffolding: Carving the granite faces of four US presidents into a mountain required extensive scaffold towers and hanging platforms. Workers used dynamite, jackhammers, and chisels while suspended at dizzying heights.
- Fun fact: Despite the danger, there were no fatalities during the 14-year construction. Discover more about Mount Rushmore.
6. The Houses of Parliament Restoration (Big Ben / Elizabeth Tower, 2017–2022)
- Where: London, UK
- Why scaffolding: This recent £80 million restoration project required elaborate scaffolding covering the entire 96-meter tower. Even Big Ben’s bells were silenced for several years during the works.
- Fun fact: The scaffolding itself became a kind of London landmark for five years!
Honorable Mentions:
- The Pyramids of Giza: No traditional scaffolds, but ingenious ramps and platforms.
- The Eiffel Tower: Required massive temporary scaffolding during construction in the 1880s.
- Notre-Dame Cathedral Restoration: Especially post-2019 fire, scaffold towers are central to its restoration.
By the way, more recently, we were delivering to Herefordshire. That was a particularly cool journey; check it out over here at Scaffold Towers Herefordshire: LEWIS Goes To Enchanting Eastnor Castle, A Top BBC Film Location