The safest way to build a mobile tower: the guardrail is lifted into position from the deck below and locked before anyone climbs. Single and double width, platform heights to 12.1m.
Advanced guardrail tower hire in London is the safest way to put up a mobile access tower. The guardrail is raised into position from the deck below and locked in place before anyone climbs onto the level above, so at no point in the build is a person standing on an unprotected platform.
The alternative method — 3T, or Through the Trap — is legitimate and widely used, but it involves a trained operative kneeling in the trapdoor to fit the guardrail for the level above. Advance guardrail removes that step entirely. A growing number of principal contractors in London now write AGR into the method statement rather than accepting either method, and a site safety officer will usually look for it before anything else.
An advance guardrail system has fewer parts than a comparable narrow or double width tower, which means less to carry in, less to lose on site and a quicker build once the crew knows the sequence. Guardrail heights come out right every time because the frame sets them, rather than depending on someone judging it at height. We hire single width (0.72m) and double width (1.35m) frames, with platform heights to 12.1m.
Advance guardrail is a build sequence as much as a product, and it is taught on PASMA Towers for Users — the qualification your operatives need in any case. If your sites have standardised on AGR, tell us and we will keep stock aside for you.
Also known as an AGR tower, advance guardrail tower or advanced guard rail scaffold tower.
The guardrail is locked in from the level below, so nobody works on an unprotected platform at any point.
Less to carry, less to lose and a faster build than the equivalent narrow or double width tower.
Guardrail heights are set by the frame rather than judged on site.
0.72m for tight access, 1.35m where the deck space matters. Platform heights to 12.1m.
On site across London and the South East, usually next working day, collected when you are done.
Increasingly the method principal contractors write into the RAMS by name.
Towers are hired by platform height — your working height is roughly 2.0m above the platform. Single and double width are the same rate at every shared height.
Advance guardrail on the narrow frame, so you keep doorway access without giving up the build method. Available to a 7.9m platform.
The bigger deck with the same guardrail-first sequence, and the only width that reaches a 12.1m platform.
| Platform Height | Approx. Working Height | Weekly Hire Rate | Availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single width 0.72m | Double width 1.35m | |||
| 1.4m | 3.4m | £55 | £55 | For hire |
| 1.9m | 3.9m | £60 | £60 | For hire |
| 2.3m | 4.3m | £64 | £64 | For hire |
| 2.8m | 4.8m | £77 | £77 | For hire |
| 3.3m | 5.3m | £91 | £91 | For hire |
| 3.7m | 5.7m | £94 | £94 | For hire |
| 4.2m | 6.2m | £102 | £102 | For hire |
| 4.7m | 6.7m | £104 | £104 | For hire |
| 5.1m | 7.1m | £108 | £108 | For hire |
| 5.6m | 7.6m | £114 | £114 | For hire |
| 6.1m | 8.1m | £117 | £117 | For hire |
| 6.5m | 8.5m | £133 | £133 | For hire |
| 7.0m | 9.0m | £138 | £138 | For hire |
| 7.5m | 9.5m | £141 | £141 | For hire |
| 7.9m | 9.9m | £143 | £143 | For hire |
| 8.4m | 10.4m | — | £147 | Double width only |
| 8.8m | 10.8m | — | £154 | Double width only |
| 9.3m | 11.3m | — | £156 | Double width only |
| 9.8m | 11.8m | — | £160 | Double width only |
| 10.2m | 12.2m | — | £163 | Double width only |
| 10.7m | 12.7m | — | £172 | Double width only |
| 11.2m | 13.2m | — | £188 | Double width only |
| 11.6m | 13.6m | — | £192 | Double width only |
| 12.1m | 14.1m | — | £194 | Double width only |
Rates shown are weekly hire, exclusive of VAT, delivery and collection. Single width tops out at a 7.9m platform; above that the tower is double width only. EN 1004-1:2020 covers mobile access towers up to 12m platform height indoors and 8m outdoors. Availability is confirmed when we come back to you.
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The guardrail for the next platform level is raised into position and locked from the level below, before anyone climbs up. It removes the moment in a conventional build where someone is on a platform that is not yet guarded.
Yes. 3T — Through the Trap — has a trained operative kneel in the trapdoor to fit the guardrail above. Both methods are legitimate; advance guardrail removes that step, which is why more principal contractors now specify it by name.
Usually. There are fewer components than the equivalent narrow or double width tower, and the guardrail heights are set by the frame rather than judged on site, so there is less to check.
Yes. The Work at Height Regulations 2005 require the person building it to be competent regardless of method, and the advance guardrail sequence is covered on PASMA Towers for Users. We run the course from Croydon.
Single width at 0.72m and double width at 1.35m. Single reaches a 7.9m platform, double reaches 12.1m, and both are the same rate at every shared height.
Next working day is normal for stock heights across London and the South East. Enquiries sent during office hours are answered within 15 minutes with availability, price and a delivery slot.
Tell us the platform height and postcode. You'll have availability, a price and a delivery slot back within 15 minutes during office hours.
