{"id":6442,"date":"2019-10-18T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2019-10-18T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T11:30:00","slug":"kwikstage-stock-upgrade-why-replace-when-you-can-refurbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/products-services\/kwikstage-stock-upgrade-why-replace-when-you-can-refurbish\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwikstage Stock Upgrade &#8211; Why Replace When You Can Refurbish?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Kwikstage is commonly used by many companies and contractors, especially popular with many in Scotland.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kwikstage was once the most popular type of system scaffolding used, until galvanized systems such as <a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/scaffolding-supplies\/cuplock-scaffolding-r2lok\/\">Cuplock<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/scaffolding-supplies\/ringlock-scaffolding\/\">Ringlock<\/a> became available.<\/p>\n<p>Alternative galvanized systems, provide customers with a longer life-span, far less maintenance costs, as well as more flexibility.&nbsp;That said, galvanized systems&nbsp;do come with a higher price tag, with more costs up-front but less costs long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Kwikstage is still commonly used, with many companies having invested in large stocks of Kwikstage over the years. Kwikstage is still supplied by <a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/scaffolding-supplies\/kwikstage-scaffolding-r2stage\/\">many suppliers, including St Helens Plant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6453\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/general-1-1.png\" alt=\"general-1\" width=\"890\" height=\"324\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Kwikstage Refurbishment and Repair&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As popular as Kwikstage once was for a lot of companies, we&#8217;ve seen a decline over recent years due to alternative galvanized systems now available.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with Kwikstage nowadays,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/blog\/kwikstage-scaffolding-refurbishment-two-coat-paint-system\/\">as we covered recently<\/a>&nbsp;is basically Kwikstage is not made like it used to be. Resulting in refurbishment of Kwikstage being quite a common requirement.<\/p>\n<p>If you have Kwikstage scaffolding stock that&#8217;s looking worse for wear and not as much of a valuable asset as it once was, why replace, when you can refurbish?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6451\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/KWIKSTAGE-REFUBISHMENT-1.png\" alt=\"KWIKSTAGE REFUBISHMENT\" width=\"810\" height=\"700\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwikstage Fully Refurbished &#8211; Zinc-Phosphate Dipped, Galvanized and Painted Finishes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Kwikstage Finishing Options<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As mentioned, Kwikstage that&#8217;s available on the market nowadays is not made like it used to be. Which results in Kwikstage not lasting as long as it once did.<\/p>\n<p>St Helens Plant remains one of the only manufacturers that still supply Kwikstage that is <a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/blog\/kwikstage-scaffolding-refurbishment-two-coat-paint-system\/\">Zinc-Phosphate dipped \/ painted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We can provide customers a range of protective finishing options including;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2714\ufe0fPainted &#8211; available in any RAL\/BS colour<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2714\ufe0fTwo-Coat original Zinc-Phosphate dipped<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2714\ufe0fFully Galvanized<\/p>\n<p>St Helens Plant can provide&nbsp;full refurbishment and repair of your Kwikstage stock.<\/p>\n<p>Returning your paid asset into a valuable and profitable one, further extending it&#8217;s lifespan. Cutting the costs of stock replacement with refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get a Quote&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/scaffold-repair-and-reconditioning\/\">refurbishment of your Kwikstage<\/a> scaffolding stock, contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/\">St Helens Plant<\/a> team on &#8211; <strong>01744 850 300<\/strong> or email us at &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:info@sthp.co.uk\">info@sthp.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwikstage is commonly used by many companies and contractors, especially popular with many in Scotland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-services","category-repair-and-reconditioning"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}