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Fall Protection for Historic Buildings

Achieving safe access to the roof areas of historic buildings can be particularly challenging. Structures can be uneven and of unknown strength. Since historic buildings pre-date Construction Design and Management Regulations it is often the case that they were built with little regard to future safe maintenance. Many of these buildings will be listed and must be treated with particular sensitivity.

The 1904 hall of Leeds Kirkgate Market is a fine example of HRS Services work. Hundreds of meters of rotting wooden duckboards over the gutters were situated next to a glass roof of unknown strength.

The old walkway was removed and replaced with light weight, durable and maintenance free Glass Reinforced Polymer Grating. This was mounted on bespoke frames of both GRP and metal. A safety line providing continuous attachment was mounted on the adjacent wall to prevent a fall through the glass.

Because of the nature of the work it was carried out by qualified rope access technicians. Since the Market is open 6 days a week, the majority of the work was undertaken throughout the night.