08/06/2026
Hiring scaffolding provides safe, stable elevated access while avoiding the massive upfront costs and liability of buying.
It is ideal for construction, painting, or repairs, allowing you to bypass storage, maintenance, and transport challenges of buying scaffold; while ensuring the equipment meets all regulatory compliance standards.
In Australia, under Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) laws, you are legally required to use scaffolding or edge protection whenever there is a risk of a person or object falling 2 metres or more.
Specific legal and licensing triggers determine when scaffolding is needed and who can install it:
1. Fall Height Triggers...
2 metres or more:
Any work performed at this height—or where tools/objects could fall 2 metres or more below the work platform—is classified as "high-risk construction work". This requires a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) to be prepared before work begins.
4 metres or more:
If a worker or object could fall 4 metres or greater from the platform, the scaffolding work (its er****on, alteration, and dismantling) legally must be done by a licensed professional holding a High-Risk Work Licence (HRWL) for scaffolding.
▪︎ Easy Reach has a team of licensed professionals!
Why Hire Instead of Buy?
▪︎Zero Storage & Transport:
You don’t need space in your yard or large vehicles to move bulky materials on an ongoing basis.
▪︎No Maintenance or Liability:
Easy Reach handles safety checks, repairs and insurance.
▪︎Cost-Effective:
Hiring eliminates major capital investments, making it the most sensible option for short-term, specialised, or one-off DIY projects.
▪︎Project Flexibility:
You can hire exact setups—such as lightweight aluminium for load-sensitive surfaces, or mobile towers for overhead ceiling work—tailored to specific jobs.
Other products Easy Reach offer include kwik stage, plettac, stair towers, tube & fit, ladders and props.
▪︎Access to Expert Designers and Scaffolders:
Hiring from Easy Reach means our team provide a free measure and quote; providing you with the most practical, cost-effective and compliant scaffold solution for your specific project.
We deliver and set it up; you hire it for as long as you need - then we dismantle and collect it.
We also offer "dry hire" if required.
Based in Thomastown servicing most of Victoria...
☎️ 9457 8500
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