| With all of the building taking place in Texas, there is | | | | consideration is the safety factor. The danger of |
| a great need for two seemingly unrelated products. | | | | ladder use is well known. Uncounted numbers of |
| The first, which is a temporary need during the | | | | people have been seriously injured and even died |
| building process, is for scaffolding. The second, which | | | | from falls from a ladder. The metal ladder has the |
| becomes a permanent part of the structure, is | | | | added danger of electrocution when the ladder |
| insulation. There are many types of scaffolding | | | | comes in contact with a live electrical line. |
| available. Insulation is also readily available in many | | | | In contrast, rather than being a construction tool, |
| varieties. As you, the builder, search for vendors of | | | | insulation becomes an integral part of the finished |
| these products, the process are simplified if you can | | | | building. The insulation in a finished building is unseen |
| purchase all of your materials from a single vendor. | | | | but vital for two reasons. It fulfills its purpose by |
| Scaffolding is needed when work must be performed | | | | acting as a barrier to the weather. In winter, it keeps |
| at a level higher than a person standing on the | | | | the heat in and the cold out. In summer, the reverse |
| ground can reach. A ladder can be used to reach | | | | is true. Keeping the indoor temperature steady is |
| higher levels, but a ladder is inefficient. Its main | | | | important to the comfort of the occupants of the |
| drawback is the small area that can be reached from | | | | building. With the very narrow range of temperatures |
| a ladder. The horizontal reachable area is limited by | | | | at which the average person is comfortable, a |
| the arms span of the worker and the width of the | | | | constant temperature is important. Comfortable |
| ladder. When this area is completed, the ladder must | | | | people can keep their minds on their tasks instead of |
| be moved. The vertical reachable area is limited by | | | | fretting about the temperature of the room. A |
| the height of the safe area of the ladder and the | | | | steady temperature is also important for cost and |
| height of the worker. A scaffold built around the full | | | | environmental reasons. When the outdoor |
| work area is much more efficient because it allows | | | | temperature is kept out, the heating/cooling system |
| the worker to just walk from one area to another, | | | | can run less. The result is lower heating/cooling bills |
| without having to waste time moving the ladder. The | | | | and a smaller carbon footprint for the building. |
| other consideration is even more important. That | | | | |