Bespoke Step-Overs

Bespoke Step-Overs: Made to Your Roof from Stocked Parts

When a standard or mini step-over kit won't fit, the answer is usually a different arrangement of the same parts. Our step-overs are built from galvanised steel tube and tubular fittings, all held in stock, so a bespoke step-over can be designed around metal roofs, tall obstacles, tight gaps, level changes and routes that turn. Bespoke units are designed to EN 14122 parts 3 and 4.

Send us photos and measurements and our free design service will draw up a layout and parts list. We quote within one hour during working hours, tube is cut to your lengths free, and because the parts are standard there is no wait for a one-off to be fabricated.

When You Need a Bespoke Step-Over

How It Works

1. You send the details. Photos, measurements and the surface. A drawing helps if you have one.
2. We design it, free. Our free design service draws up a layout and parts list from stocked components: which fittings, tube sizes, treads and feet suit your obstacle. If you already have a drawing, we quote the parts it calls for.
3. You approve the drawing and price. Nothing is picked until you have approved the design.
4. We pick, cut and pack. Tube is cut to your lengths free. On the Portsmouth job below, our technical team supplied a drawing pack with instructions, the parts required and an assembly guide.
5. It goes together on site. Everything bolts together with no welding or drilling and without specialist tools. The finished step-over is signed off by whoever installs it.

Materials and Options

• Galvanised steel tube and tubular fittings as standard, for corrosion resistance outdoors.
• Aluminium where the weight needs to be kept to a minimum.
• Tread material can be specified. One customer asked for GRP treads in place of galvanised treads.
• Modular design, so the step-over can be adjusted or extended later as the roof changes.

Standards

Bespoke step-overs are designed to EN 14122 parts 3 and 4. For comparison, our standard kits are listed to BS EN 14122 Part 3 and our mini kits to EN 516 Class 1-C. Whether the finished installation meets the Work at Height Regulations and your site's requirements is for whoever installs and signs it off.

Bespoke Step-Overs We Have Supplied

• Narrow roof, Portsmouth. A mechanical design and installation firm asked about our STMB600 and STMB800 freestanding kits. Photos showed too little room for a standard kit, so we designed a narrow step-over with a maximum width of 800mm. After the customer approved the drawing, our warehouse began pre-assembly straight away and all parts reached site within 5 to 7 days. Read the case study.
• Large ducting, Isle of Wight. The customer needed three platforms over very large ducting and wanted the weight kept down. We revised our galvanised quote to aluminium, the customer approved the drawings, and the order shipped on pallets. The customer installed the platforms themselves. See the aluminium step-overs.
• Aviary feeding platform. A tight space and several obstacles around an aviary, GRP treads requested, and a summer holiday deadline. The bespoke step-over arrived in early August, in time. Read the project.

What to Send Us

1. Photos of the obstacle and the route either side.
2. Obstacle height at its highest point, and the width you need to cross.
3. The clear space available either side.
4. The surface: membrane, asphalt, PVC, concrete, metal sheet or an internal floor.
5. Any weight limit or material preference.
6. A drawing or parts list, if you have one.

Send it through request a quote, or call 01905 779944.

Check a Kit First

Many obstacles that look like they need something special are covered by a kit. Standard kits clear obstacles 600mm to 1400mm high and are 1000mm wide. Mini kits clear trip hazards with 200mm or 400mm clearance. Both are stock items with next-day delivery on stock orders. See the full step-over platform range, and if you are not sure, send us the photos and we will tell you whether a kit will do.

Why Buy from Fisher Alvin

• Free design service, with a drawing for you to approve before anything is picked.
• Components in stock, with next-day delivery on stock orders.
• Free tube cutting to your lengths.
• Quote within one hour, Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Bespoke Step-Over Questions

Do you design bespoke step-overs?

Yes. Our free design service works out a layout and parts list from your photos and measurements, using stocked components, and sends you a drawing to approve.

When do I need a bespoke step-over rather than a kit?

When the roof is metal, the obstacle is over 1400mm, there is less than the 1000mm a standard kit needs, or the route has several obstacles, turns or level changes.

How long does a bespoke step-over take?

The parts are standard stock items, so there is no fabrication wait. On one narrow bespoke step-over, all parts reached site within 5 to 7 days of the customer approving the drawing.

Can a bespoke step-over be made in aluminium?

Yes. Bespoke step-overs are available in galvanised steel or aluminium. We supplied three aluminium platforms on the Isle of Wight where the customer wanted the weight kept down.

Is any welding or drilling needed?

No. The fittings fix onto the tube without welding or drilling.

Which standard are bespoke step-overs designed to?

EN 14122 parts 3 and 4. Sign-off of the finished installation sits with whoever installs it.

What do you need to quote?

Photos, the obstacle height and width, the clear space either side and the roof or floor surface. An installer's drawing helps if you have one.

Bespoke Step-Overs Guides and Related Ranges

Guides and projects: when a standard step-over won't fit, aluminium step-overs, feeding step-over platform, roof step-over platforms for pipes and cables and modular step-over kits explained.

Related: all step-over platforms, standard step-over kits, mini step-over kits, access platforms, key clamps and galvanised tube and galvanised key clamp tube.