Nationwide Access, the country’s leading powered access rental company, is now offering painting and decorating contractors an effective solution to the costly repainting of boom and scissor lift baskets that have become defaced with paint splashes or overspraying. The company can now supply paint shrouds as an optional extra for the most popular machines in its 6,000-strong hire fleet.

The disposable plastic shrouds cover the platform’s entire basket, where Nationwide says, 90 percent of the damage occurs. The shrouds take just a few minutes to fit and cost, depending on the size of the basket, in the region of £50 each. This compares more than favourably with remedial and repainting bills that typically are in the order of £200. The equation becomes even more attractive if the shrouds are reused on subsequent contracts.

Clear panels are incorporated into the shrouds to ensure that decals, safety and operating instructions are not obscured, and the material is tear-resistant and non-slip. They have been introduced by Nationwide to replace the more costly alternative method of protecting baskets – the application of barrier wax – as the wax remains tacky and is expensive to apply and remove.

While spray painting is the activity that is most likely to result in damage to the access equipment, the shrouds are likely to be a cost-effective solution for contractors involved in general building maintenance work, fire protection coating, industrial cleaning and pest control. They are also expected to be popular with contractors working in environments where hygiene is a major consideration, such as food and beverage processing plants.

The shrouds are available from any of Nationwide’s 50 depots and can be supplied when any piece of powered access equipment is hired. The company can also supply disposable tyre covers for when contractors are working in gymnasiums and shopping malls.

Nationwide is part of the publicly-quoted Lavendon Group Plc and is headquartered in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. The Group is European market leader in the powered access rental market, trading under the name Zooom in France, Germany, Spain and Austria. Full details on the Nationwide offering of booms, scissor lifts and truck mounted units are included in Nationwide’s new Guide to Powered Access, and can also be found at
www.nationwideaccess.com.

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