Filon Fixsafe provides the solution to the HSE's new Fragile Roof Work guidance document.
Accessing dangerous fragile roofs for rooflight replacement is no longer necessary.
A new document by the Health & Safety Executive, “Fragile Roofs – Safe Working Practices†has just been published and explains that falls through fragile roofs and fragile rooflights account for a fifth of all fatal accidents which result from a fall from height in the construction industry.
Deaths caused by falls through fragile surfaces occur mainly to those working in the building maintenance sector when carrying out small, short-term maintenance and cleaning jobs.
On average 7 people are killed each year after falling through a fragile roof or fragile rooflight. Many others suffer permanent disabling injury. These accidents usually occur on roofs of factories, warehouses and farm buildings when roof repair work or cleaning is being carried out.
The HSE document is available for free download from www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/geis5.htm and advises roof sheet and rooflight replacement to be carried out from beneath.
Filon Have The Solution To HSE's Latest Recommendations
Fixsafe, Filon's patented replacement rooflight and roof sheet system is the answer to the HSE's recommendations in their latest publication titled Fragile Roofs - Safe Working Practices.
The incredible Fixsafe system allows the safe replacement of rooflights or roof sheets from inside the building and completely removes the need for accessing the fragile roofs associated with old asbestos cement sheets found on industrial, storage and agricultural buildings across the country.
With all of the work being carried out from within the building using a scaffold tower, cherry picker or scissor lift, no other access equipment is required. Gone is the need for costly edge protection; crawler boards are no longer necessary and expensive internal safety nets are also now surplus to requirements. So, not only is Fixsafe the safest method for rooflight replacement, it makes very sound economical sense too. If you want to do it safely, this is the most cost effective way!
Unlike regular profiled GRP rooflight purchases, Fixsafe is a total replacement system which includes the rooflight sheet in a very safe and strong, double reinforced 2.6kg/m2 SAA1 fire grade sheet. It is supplied with all necessary patented fasteners, butyl strip mastic and all other materials required to complete the installation. Roofers need to purchase no other materials to carry out the replacement works.
Fixsafe Hits The Road
The innovative Fixsafe system will be demonstrated at 22 specialist roofing merchants around the country on purpose made rigs to show the incredible simplicity of this unique system.
The practical demonstrations will last approximately 20 - 30 minutes and will be repeated on the hour throughout the day with the first one starting at 10am and the last at 3pm. The list of dates and towns being visited are below:
22nd January - Folkestone
23rd January - Tunbridge Wells
5th February - Middlesbrough
6th February - Killingworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne
12th February - Brighton
13th February - Croydon
19th February - Inverness
20th February - Kirkcaldy
21st February - Dundee
26th February - Wigan
27th February - Blackpool
5th March - Stoke-On-Trent
6th March - Birmingham
12th March - Uddingston, Glasgow
13th March - Glasgow
14th March - Broxburn, Edinburgh
19th March - Rotherham
21st March - Stockton
26th March - Swindon
27th March - Leicester
9th April - Exeter
10th April - Bristol
For more information on Fixsafe please visit the Fixsafe page on the Filon website.
For more details on the venues listed above, please contact our Sales Office on 01543 687300