Blue Steed Construction Ltd 59 The Bishops Avenue.
Method Statement for skim-cost to Garage Internal Ceiling
Scope
MF plaster-boarded ceiling has already been installed inside the garage. A thin skim plaster coat will be applied working off platform created by 50Nr small bandstands fully boarded to form safe working area.
Conditions Survey
Prior to any works being done, all doors, walls and ceiling surfaces will be inspected to note any damage or deviations. Garage doors have been fully painted and must remain covered to prevent damage.
Risk Assessment
The risk assessment takes into account managing and reducing risks by having detailed look at the area for safe access and egress. This needs to be limited to only one door. No access is available in the loft space via new loft ladder.
The floor has been protected by Bowen with polythene covered over with taped 6mm plywood sheets.
The internal area has a level, safe, fully boarded area of small bandstand trestles for 60% of the area; at about 650mm high, giving a height of 1850mm to ceiling level.
There is ample back-ground safety/task lighting; and all materials needed for skimming have been placed inside the garage.
Risks from trip hazards and falls have been reduced by keeping area clear as well as having scaffold boards close to the walls.
No other trades will be allowed in the area except for the plasterers.
Safety goggles are to be worn if there is any high risk of splashes into eyes.
Bowen are installing 240V convector heaters in the garage to maintain ambient temperature necessary for floor resin works which will follow on from the skimming.
Method Statement
Multi-finish to be used for skim-coat will be mixed outside the garage to avoid splashing the doors and walls.
Works will start at west half of the garage.
At suitable stage, the existing platform will be moved and set up over to east half of the garage until all the ceiling area has been skim-coated.
At east end of garage bay Nr 5 there is a 5.8m x 0.6mm wide slot in ceiling for a future timber access panel. The edges of the slot will have skim-coat angle beads fixed and plastered to form a neat edge, which will give a 6mm shadow gap.
There is no shadow gap detail at the perimeter wall junctions.
At approx centre of each bay there is a single cable inserted through the ceiling for future wiring of door-automation units. This cable must remain intact.
Once skim coat has been applied, all boards, trestles, floor protections will be cleared from the garage to make way for floor resin.
The internal area will be left overnight with 240V heaters by Bowen.
Plastic protection of doors will be removed and returned to BSCL for later use during internal decorations of the garage w/c 7/2/11. Please note BSCL have not allowed to protect the garage floor with correx sheets.
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