All About Guard Rail Systems

By Author: Haydyn Phillips
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Guardrail systems are primarily engineered to keep people or vehicles from unseen hazards. Commercial and residential contractors also utilize the guard rail systems for project perimeter safety, to safeguard elevator shafts, even for stairway protection, etc.

Types of Guard rail systems:

• Standard Guardrail: Standard Guardrail systems are convenient to install and offers complete protection from the potential harm or accidents.

• Radius Guardrail: Radius Guardrails are either concave or convex depending upon the industrial purposes. These are mainly used in the commercial purposes as well as on the steep sides of the roads where maximum protection is necessary.

• Free Standing Guardrail: The edge-protection freestanding Guardrail is an extremely lightweight system that utilizes a proven counter balance system to ensure complete safety of the working area. It is perfect for all flat roof edge protection.

• Parapet Guardrail: The Edge-Protection Parapet System is used where optimum protection is needed with the reduced tension on the parapet wall. It also utilizes a flexible ...
... bracket system that ensures the attached handrail over the parapet.

• Top-fix Guardrail: The Edge-Protection top-fix system is a type of lightweight system that is particularly engineered for attaching directly to the top of the parapet walls. It works greatly where parapet wall is too low.

Applications of Guard rail systems:

• Commercial Applications

• Residential Applications

• Multi-family Applications

Features of Guard rail systems:

• Guardrail systems are the most versatile fall protection solution available and are portable too.

• The built-in toe brackets of Guard rail systems allow for potential infinite configurations.

• Guard rail systems safeguards roof surface.

• Guard rail systems are lightweight and its ergonomic handles easy transportation.

• Guard rail systems are convenient to installation

You can use a wide range of (Guardrail systems) edge protection systems that are the perfect solution for situations where collective fall protection measures are needed. The major risk of accidental falling from the roof edge is collectively reduced through guardrail protection systems.

About the Author:

The Author is associated with Edge-Protection. Edge-Protection is the Guardrail division of Heightsafe Systems one of the UK’s leading Working at Height companies, and is dedicated to offering working at Height safety solutions, and guardrail edge protection installations, for personnel working at height. Edge Protection offer solutions to include freestanding weighted, fixed, collapsible and curved guardrail systems.