For site managers & small builders
If a working platform on your site is 2 metres or more high, the Work at Height Regulations 2005 say it must be inspected before first use, at least every 7 days, and after bad weather or anything that could affect its safety, and the inspector must write a report with the details in Schedule 7. Scaffold Inspection keeps those reports on your phone, tablet or laptop, works out when each scaffold is next due, flags every scaffold that needs re-inspecting after a storm, and tracks every defect until it is fixed.
Screens from the app's built-in demo data. All names and figures are fictional.
The list
With a short "what to look for" note: foundations, standards and ledgers, bracing, ties, platforms and boards, guard rails, toe boards and brick guards, access and ladders, loading bays, loading and sheeting, signs and tags
(Unsafe: do not use, or Safe to use: fix soon) and a fix-by date; one photo per inspection, shrunk to save space
Before first use, weekly (7-day), after adverse weather, after alteration, after damage or an incident
Record high winds or snow once, and every scaffold not inspected since shows Re-inspect
Record a visit to a scaffold that is incomplete, being altered or struck, with a note, without counting it as an inspection
Do not use, open defects, due soon and reports still to hand over, with a Needs attention list
Compare
| Feature | Paper forms | A spreadsheet | This app |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 checks based on the HSE scaffold guidance, each | ✗No | ~ If you build it | ✓ Built in |
| Reasons for each inspection | ✗No | ~ If you build it | ✓ Built in |
| Bad weather button | ✗No | ~ If you build it | ✓ Built in |
| Out of use | ✗No | ~ If you build it | ✓ Built in |
| Today screen | ✗No | ~ If you build it | ✓ Built in |
| Cost | Free, plus your time | Free, plus your time | £16.99 once |
What's inside
Is it right for you?
How it works
Press Use my data. In Setup add your company, sites and inspectors; in Scaffolds add each scaffold or tower with its reference, location and type (about 5 minutes per site).
Open Inspect, pick the scaffold, the reason and the inspector, tap OK, Defect or N/A for each of the 11 checks, then Save inspection. Print or share the report and tick that the copy was given
Press Bad weather after a storm, and use the dashboard and calendar file to keep every scaffold in date.
The offer
£16.99one-off · no subscription
Price includes VAT where applicable — calculated at checkout. Secure checkout by Payhip.
Digital download, nothing is posted. Scaffold Inspection is a record-keeping aid based on the HSE scaffold guidance and the Work at Height Regulations 2005 (regulation 12 and Schedule 7). Terms & licence.
FAQ
No. It records the inspections and prints the report. Keep using the tags and handover certificate from your scaffolding contractor.
Not with shared records. Each device keeps its own. Use one shared tablet, or send a backup file from one device to the other.
Yes. Add a tower as a scaffold of type Tower; the same 7-day rule applies to mobile working platforms inspected on site.
This is a digital product. Nothing physical will be shipped. Your download link appears straight after checkout and is also emailed to you.
Yes. Message us at info@phkmedia.co.uk and we'll help you set it up.
