Websites for scaffolders
Web design for scaffolders: £249.99 to build, then £49.99 a month, no minimum term. You are selling safety and availability. Both belong on the page in specifics.
Scaffolding is bought under time pressure by builders who need it up before the next trade arrives, and by homeowners who have been told they cannot start without it. Neither wants a brochure.
It is also a trade where the buyer carries real liability. A contractor choosing a scaffolder is choosing who to trust with a structure that has to be safe, compliant and inspected, which makes evidence more persuasive than presentation.
What your customers want answered
- How quickly can you get it up
- What does the hire period cost, and what happens if the job overruns
- Is the design standard, or does it need drawings
- Are your scaffolders carded, and who does the handover and inspections
- Do you cover my area, and is there a charge for adaptations
Cards, inspections and paperwork, namedSaying that your operatives hold current CISRS cards, that standard scaffolds are erected to the recognised compliance guidance and non-standard ones are designed, and that every scaffold is handed over with a tag and inspected at the required intervals, tells a contractor their own file will be in order. That is the actual purchase.
Hiding the hire terms
The commonest complaint in this trade is a bill for extra weeks nobody expected. Publishing how the hire period works, and what an overrun costs, wins more work than it loses and prevents most disputes.
Two customers: trades and homeowners
Most scaffolding work comes from roofers, builders and decorators, with some direct from homeowners. Trades want reliability, quick erection and fair hire periods; homeowners want to understand what is involved, how long it will be up and whether it affects neighbours. A page for each keeps both clear.
Safety and paperwork, stated plainly
Say that your scaffolders are trained and carded under a recognised scheme, that you carry the right insurance, and that you provide handover certificates and inspections. Explain whether you apply for licences when scaffolding goes on the pavement, because customers often do not know a licence may be needed.
Show the range of jobs
Chimney stacks, full house wraps, temporary roofs, edge protection, commercial jobs. Photos of each show capability. Say what areas you cover and how quickly you can usually erect.
Common questions
- What should a scaffolding company's website include?
- Pages for trade and domestic customers, your training and insurance, how licences and inspections work, photos of different job types, the areas you cover and a simple quote form.
- Should I explain pavement licences?
- Briefly, yes, and say whether you apply on the customer's behalf.
- Can trades request quotes online?
- Yes. A form with the address, job type, height and hire period lets you quote quickly.
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Liam Tapp, Website Builds