Guide to Baker/Perry Scaffolding for Masonry and Stucco Crews

Guide to Baker/Perry Scaffolding for Masonry and Stucco Crews

Baker and Perry style scaffolding is the rolling unit masonry, stucco and plaster crews live on. It is a single-frame tower on casters, narrow enough to fit through a door and low enough to move by hand, with a deck you can work from all day. Dallas Ladder stocks the units and every part that goes with them at our Rowlett warehouse.

Why It Suits Masonry and Stucco

Stucco and plaster work happens at a consistent height along a long wall, which is exactly what a rolling unit is built for. You work a section, lock the casters, finish it, unlock, roll to the next section, and repeat. A fixed tower would mean building and tearing down all day.

The unit is also narrow enough to move through a finished doorway, which matters on remodel work where the wall is inside a house rather than on an open lot.

Our Baker/Perry scaffold unit with casters is the base unit most crews start with.

Building It Out

The unit on its own is a platform. What makes it a working system is the guard rail assembly, the outriggers once it gets tall, and the casters rated for the load you are putting on it. Masonry crews also usually want a plank or stage to extend the working area beyond the deck.

Our guard rail assembly and outriggers are the two additions we sell with almost every unit, and replacement casters are the part that wears out first.

Moving It Safely

A rolling scaffold should never be moved with anyone on the platform, and it should be moved only on a hard level surface. On dirt, gravel, or a slope, a rolling unit is the wrong choice and a frame tower with base plates is the right one.

Cast the surface first. If the wheels cannot roll cleanly and the unit cannot be locked solidly, the work should not start from that platform.

Adding Reach and Deck Area

Once the wall gets taller than the unit, the answer is usually more height rather than a longer reach. Stage planks and pick boards extend the working area at the same level and are how crews cover a wide wall without moving the scaffold every few feet.

Our stages and planks category covers the deck options, and frame towers are there when the job needs more height than a Baker/Perry unit gives.

Everything ships from 5030 Dexham Rd. Ste. 103 in Rowlett, TX, and local crews can pick up the same day. Call 972-331-1090 and we will tell you what is on the floor right now.