[ddeck]

I find the single apartment scaffolding to be the most amazing. These guys turn up at the door of your 30th floor apartment with a bunch of bamboo poles and nylon strips and a couple of hours lated the entire side of the apartment is scafolded, like a spider's nest hanging off the side of the building.

To begin, one guy hangs out the window, drills a few holes in the outer concrete wall, and bolts a piece of L shaped steel to support the initial bamboo "floor". After that he's outside balancing on the first piece while he drills more and extends along the wall. Someone on the feeds the poles through the window.

He usually has a rope attached to a waist harness, which is initially held by someone inside, and then clipped to the braces outside... most of the time.

The whole thing is amazing to watch.

It's necessary every time you need to service something outside, like replacing or repairing aircon.

[Aeolun]

Isn’t the side of your building full of holes then? I guess they can re-use the brackets if they need to do it again for some reason.

[ddeck]

It is, but they fill them with silicone when they remove it. The brackets I was referring to are about 70cm wide, so no chance of leaving them there.

[FabHK]

I have a bamboo "balcony" outside my 22nd floor living room window until tomorrow Monday, as they've just installed a new air con unit. It really is quite amazing. And, frankly, not a job for me...