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Sussex scaffold licences: what councils charge if a job overruns
Three Sussex highway authorities, three different licence lengths and three ways of handling an overrun. Here is what their published rules say and what to ask your scaffolder.
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Scaffolding on your house in an autumn storm: what to do
Storm Austen was the first named storm of the season. If scaffolding is up at your house, here is who checks it, what you can do and what to report.

Who Should Pay When Scaffolding Stays Up Longer Than Agreed?
The scaffold was quoted for four weeks. The builder is still on site at week nine. Overrunning hire is one of the most common arguments in the trade, so here is how we think it should work.
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