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Aluminium Towers for Home Jobs Across WA

A mobile scaffold tower is a free-standing frame of light aluminium sections that clip together into a stable box, with a working platform near the top, guardrails around it and lockable wheels underneath. Homeowners and small trades hire them for jobs lasting a few hours to a few weeks, such as painting eaves, cleaning high windows, fixing a gutter or reaching a raked ceiling. Hire branches across Western Australia rent them by the day or week, and some will deliver one to your door. Weekly hire for a standard single width tower runs at roughly $120 to $350 in 2026, before delivery, extras or a crew to put it up. Every price on this page is an estimate for 2026 and will vary between branches, towns and tower makes.

The tower suits work where you need both hands free and somewhere to stand for longer than a ladder allows. It does not replace fixed scaffolding for a re-roof, a full repaint of a two storey home or rendering a whole wall, and those larger setups are covered in our WA scaffolding hire guide. Height matters most when choosing who builds it, because once someone could fall more than 4 metres from the platform, building or taking down the tower becomes high risk work under WA law. Below that height, a careful person can usually assemble it by following the maker's instruction manual step by step.

Tower Hire Prices in WA for 2026

Hire rates depend mainly on the size of the tower, how long you keep it and whether someone else delivers and builds it. Single width towers have a narrow platform and are the cheapest option, which suits one painter working along an eave or a wall. Double width towers have a wider platform that helps when two people work together or you need room for paint tins, tools and a bucket. Stairwell towers use legs of different lengths so the base can stand across steps, and they cost more because they carry extra parts. Daily hire for a single width tower usually runs at $70 to $150, while a full week of the same tower costs about $120 to $350. Taller towers need more frames and stabilisers, so each extra lift (another level of frames added on top) raises the hire rate.

Delivery can be the biggest extra on a short hire, especially outside the metro area. Perth metro branches generally charge about $90 to $260 to drop a tower off and collect it again, depending on distance and how far the driver must carry the parts. Regional deliveries to towns such as Kalgoorlie, Karratha or Esperance are priced per job and can cost more than the hire when the nearest branch is hours away. When the hire company or a scaffolder also builds and dismantles the tower, expect roughly $250 to $750 on top for a tower under 4 metres. Licensed crews building a taller tower, with the first week of hire included, usually quote between $650 and $1,600.

Daily, Weekly and Delivered Rates Explained

Hire branches set a daily rate, and some offer a lower rate per day once you keep the tower for a week or longer. Some branches offer a weekend rate, and the hours that count as one day differ between businesses, so check the branch's own rule when you book. Damage waiver is a separate fee that hire contracts can include, and it reduces what you pay if the tower is damaged, while the agreement states whether loss or theft is also covered. Read the hire agreement for what counts as a late return, cleaning or a missing part, because lost pins, clips and braces are charged one by one.

Painters and builders on longer jobs sometimes compare tower hire with buying one outright. Light duty aluminium towers for home use sell for about $700 to $2,200 new in 2026, depending on height and maker. Buying makes sense if you will use it several times a year, have room to store it and are willing to inspect it before each use. Hiring suits a one-off job, because the branch checks the parts between hires and replaces worn wheels and damaged frames. On a job running longer than a few weeks, fixed scaffolding may cost less overall, so compare the hire against the bands in our Perth scaffolding cost guide before you commit.

Labour is charged differently when a crew builds the tower for you. Some suppliers quote a fixed price for delivery, assembly and dismantling, while others charge an hourly rate for each worker plus travel time. Fixed prices are easier to compare, but each should state how many times the crew will move the tower during the job. Each extra visit to roll the tower to a new wall or rebuild it at a different height is usually charged as another setup. If you plan the work so the tower moves only once or twice, the labour bill stays much closer to the quote.

Parts of a Mobile Tower in Plain Words

Every tower is built from a small set of parts, and knowing their names makes the instruction manual and the branch's advice much easier to follow. The frames are the ladder-shaped end sections that stack on top of each other, and each level of frames is called a lift. Braces are the diagonal and horizontal tubes that clip between frames to stop the tower twisting or leaning, so none can be left out. The platform is the deck you stand on, and better towers use a platform with a hinged trapdoor so you can climb through it from inside. Guardrails run around the platform at waist and knee height, and a toe board, also called a kickboard, is a low plank along the edge that stops tools and paint tins falling off. Castors are the wheels at the base, and each one has a brake that must be locked whenever anyone is on the tower.

Outriggers and stabilisers are angled arms that clip to the base and spread its footprint, which makes a tall, narrow tower much harder to tip over. Adjustable legs, sometimes called base jacks, are threaded posts between the frame and the castor that let you level the tower on uneven ground. Guidance from Safe Work Australia says the height of a tower should be no greater than the multiple of its smallest base dimension set by the maker, supplier or designer. That safe ratio drops when the tower is sheeted, exposed to strong wind or loaded with heavy equipment, so outriggers matter more on exposed sites. Count every part listed in the manual before anyone starts building, because a single missing brace changes how the tower behaves.

Single Width, Double Width and Stairwell Towers

Single width towers fit through most doorways and side paths when dismantled, so they suit work inside a house and in the narrow gap between a home and its side fence. Their narrow base also makes them easier to move, but it means the safe height is lower unless outriggers are fitted. Double width towers stand more firmly and give room for two people, which helps with ceiling sanding, patching plaster or fitting a heavy light. Once built, they seldom fit through an internal doorway, so they are usually assembled in the room or area where the work happens. For eaves on a single storey home, a single width tower is normally enough.

Stairwell towers are built for reaching a high wall or ceiling above a flight of stairs, where a ladder is awkward to use. They use frames of different heights or long adjustable legs, so one side of the base stands on a lower step and the other on a higher one while the platform stays level. WernerCo makes BoSS aluminium towers, including a staircase model built for this job, and its manual sets out which stair layouts it suits. Not every hire branch carries a stairwell tower, so mention the stairs when you first call. Where the stair also needs new handrails or balusters, a balustrade installer can often use the same tower while it is in place. Painters who regularly do two storey stairwells may bring their own setup, and you can compare them through our Perth painter listings.

Indoor jobs need some care for the floor as well as the ceiling. Castors can mark timber floorboards, crack loose tiles and leave grooves in soft carpet, so lay sheets of plywood or hardboard under the wheels and cover the floor around the tower with drop sheets. Check the route from the front door to the room, including tight corners, hallway lights and smoke alarms that a frame could knock on the way past. Build the tower in the room where it will be used whenever you can, so the platform never has to pass through a doorway at height.

When a Licensed Scaffolder Must Build the Tower

In Western Australia, workplace safety is governed by the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 and the Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022, both published on the WA legislation website. Under those rules, erecting, altering or dismantling scaffolding from which a person or object could fall more than 4 metres is high risk work. That work needs a high risk work licence, known as an HRWL for short, in the right scaffolding class. The basic scaffolding licence leaflet from WorkSafe WA lists modular and prefabricated scaffolds, meaning systems built from ready-made parts, in the basic class, and it shows a tower frame scaffold as one example. The 4 metre figure refers to how far a person or object could fall from the structure or platform.

Safe Work Australia's information sheet on tower and mobile scaffolds adds that a tower below 4 metres may still need a licensed scaffolder, such as when it stands next to an open excavation. Where no fall of more than 4 metres is possible, the sheet says the work should still be done by a competent person, meaning someone with the training or experience to do it safely. These laws are written mainly for businesses and their workers, so a painter or handyman using a tower at your home must follow them. Homeowners doing their own weekend project are in a less clear position, but the same 4 metre height is a sensible point to hand the build to a licensed scaffolder. Hire branches can tell you the platform height of each tower they stock, so you can tell before you sign whether your setup will go above 4 metres. For a tower over that height, confirm the licence and insurance details covered in our guide to hiring a scaffolder in Perth.

Home Jobs a Tower Suits Best

Painting eaves, fascias (the flat edge boards that carry the gutter) and gables (the triangular end walls under a pitched roof) on a single storey home is a job a tower suits well. With a tower you can finish one section, or bay, roll the tower along and carry on without resetting a ladder every metre. Dulux, Haymes and Taubmans all make exterior paints for this work, and each product data sheet lists the recoat time and drying conditions. High ceilings in older homes, raked ceilings that slope up with the roof in newer ones and voids above living rooms are the usual reasons to bring a tower indoors. Indoors, a tower gives a steady platform for patching plaster, painting cornices (the moulding where walls meet the ceiling), cleaning skylights or replacing a light, where an extension ladder would have nowhere safe to lean. For a whole-house interior job, weigh tower hire and your own time against the interior painting rates professional painters charge.

Gutter work is a common reason to hire a tower, though it is not always the best choice. Cleaning or repairing a short run of gutter from a tower on a single storey home is steady and simple, and the same setup suits gutter cleaning before winter. BlueScope makes Colorbond steel, which is rolled into gutters, fascias and roof sheets, and full replacement lengths are long and awkward to handle on a narrow platform. For a full replacement, a gutter replacement specialist or roof edge protection along the whole eave line is usually safer. Hunter Pacific makes ceiling fans, and in WA any new fan must be wired by a licensed electrician. The tower gives that electrician a stable place to work on a high ceiling, but it does not replace the licence.

Skylights and roof windows set into raked ceilings are another job where a tower is the practical choice. Velux makes roof windows and skylights, and cleaning, resealing or fitting blinds to the inside of one can take several hours on a steady platform. Leaks around the outside of a skylight are a roof job, so they belong with a skylight repair specialist working from the roof with proper edge protection. Cracked render on a single storey wall can also be patched from a tower before painting, though large areas of render repair are better quoted by a renderer with their own access.

Picking Up a Tower From a Hire Branch

Large hire businesses such as Kennards Hire and Coates have branches in Perth and hire out aluminium mobile scaffolds, and independent hire yards and scaffolding firms do the same in some regional towns. Bring your driver's licence and a payment card, and expect to sign a hire agreement that lists every part you take away. Once broken down into frames, braces and platforms, a single width tower can usually travel on a box trailer or ute tray, but the platforms are long and must be tied down firmly. Before you leave, get the branch to walk you through the instruction manual and point out any parts that differ from the drawings. If anything is bent, cracked or missing its locking clip, refuse that part and ask for a replacement on the spot.

Delivery saves you carrying long platforms but adds cost, and the price usually assumes the driver can unload close to the vehicle. When the tower must go through the house or down a narrow side path, say so when you book so the branch can send two people or allow extra time. Some hire businesses also erect and dismantle towers for a fee, which suits jobs where nobody on site is confident building one. Check the return time, because a late return can add a full extra day of hire.

Tower, Ladder, Scaffold or Elevated Work Platform

The right access equipment depends on how long you will work at height, how much you need to carry and whether the ground can take wheels. Ladders suit quick tasks where you can keep three points of contact, such as changing a light globe or checking a gutter for leaves. Bailey makes Job Station platform ladders, Indalex makes Pro Series platform and extension ladders, and Branach makes fibreglass platform ladders, each giving a small standing area with a handrail. Towers are better when the job takes more than an hour in one area or needs both hands, tools and materials at the same height. Fixed scaffolding becomes the better choice once the job wraps around several walls, runs for weeks or reaches a second storey roof line. An elevated work platform, often called an EWP, is a powered lift such as a scissor lift or a boom lift, and it suits firm, level ground and short jobs on taller buildings.

Once you know how long the job will take, compare what each of these options would cost. One week of tower hire for one eave line costs far less than fixed scaffolding around the whole house, but fixed scaffolding lets several trades work at once. Scissor lifts can finish a day of work quickly on a concrete driveway, yet on a sandy Perth back yard they may sink or be unable to reach the wall. When several trades need access for weeks, compare repeated tower hire with the fixed options in our WA scaffolding guide, since one fixed scaffold lets every trade work at once.

Building the Tower Safely, Lift by Lift

Start by reading the maker's instruction manual from front to back, because each brand assembles its frames, braces and platforms in its own order. Lay the parts out on the ground near where the tower will stand, fit the castors or adjustable legs to the base frames, and lock every brake straight away. Safe Work Australia guidance calls for plan bracing at the base of a mobile scaffold, which means horizontal braces across the bottom that keep the base square. Level the base with the adjustable legs, check it with a spirit level and fit any outriggers the manual lists for your height before going higher. Build one lift at a time, fitting the braces for each level before you climb onto the next platform.

Climb only on the inside of the tower, using the built-in ladder or frame rungs the maker designed for climbing, and pass up through the trapdoor in the platform. Fit guardrails, midrails (the lower rails at knee height) and toe boards on the working platform before anyone starts work, as the national guidance requires. Never lean a ladder against the tower or stand on a bucket or box on the platform to gain height, since both upset its balance. Keep the load within the safe working load, the maximum weight stated in the manual, counting people, tools, paint and materials together. When the job is done, take the tower down in reverse order and keep each set of parts together for the return. Small pins and clips are easy to lose in grass or sand, and branches charge for each one missing.

Standing a Tower on Sand, Slopes and Paving

Parts of the Perth coastal plain are sandy, and castors that roll well on a slab can sink into lawn or loose sand soon after someone climbs up. According to Safe Work Australia guidance, a mobile scaffold should stand on firm, level ground with its feet or wheels properly supported, and loose bricks or blocks must not be used as packing. On sand or lawn, solid timber boards called sole boards can go under the castors to spread the load, though they make rolling harder, so build the tower where the work is. Brick paving can look firm but may settle at the edges, so keep castors off loose pavers, garden edging and soakwell lids. A soakwell is an underground pit that takes stormwater from the roof and paving. Concrete driveways and paths give the best base, but check for cracks, steps or drainage grates under each wheel.

Sloping ground is harder, because a tower must be level to stay stable. The Safe Work Australia information sheet says that where adjustable wheels are used, the surface slope should not exceed 5 degrees. Steeper driveways and sloping blocks in hills suburbs such as Kalamunda and Darlington may need fixed scaffolding on base plates, which are flat steel feet that spread the weight of each leg. On coastal blocks with limestone close to the surface, the ground can be firm in one spot and soft a metre away. Water from garden sprinklers also softens lawn and sand overnight, so turn off the reticulation, the automatic garden sprinkler system, in the zones near the tower until the job is finished.

Wind, Weather and Rolling the Tower

Aluminium towers are light, which makes wind the main hazard once the platform is a few metres up. Tower makers state wind limits in their instruction manuals, so find that page before you start and stop work when the wind passes it. Afternoon sea breezes along the Perth coast and strong easterly winds in the hills can build quickly, so check the forecast before you climb and again at lunchtime. Never cover a tower with shade cloth, tarps or plastic unless the maker allows it, because a sheet catches the wind and can push the tower over. The national guidance also says the height to base ratio should be reduced, or extra support added, when a tower is exposed to strong winds. On a gusty day, tie the tower to the building only at the points the manual describes, or take it down.

Moving a tower needs as much care as building it, and the national guidance sets strict rules for rolling it. Nobody and no materials should be on the platform when it moves, and the path must be checked for overhead power lines and obstructions first. The ground along the path should be firm and level, and electrical leads must be kept clear so they cannot tangle with the wheels. Small obstacles such as a hose, a paver lip or a sprinkler head can stop a castor and tip the whole tower. The same guidance says a mobile scaffold should never be moved in windy conditions, and the brakes must be locked again as soon as it stops.

Power Lines, Roof Edges and Other Hazards

Overhead power lines are a serious hazard for anyone using a metal tower outside, especially along a street frontage or near the service wire that runs to the house. WorkSafe WA publishes guidelines for work in the vicinity of overhead power lines, and they apply to scaffolding being moved or used near lines. Aluminium conducts electricity well, so keep the tower, tools and long paint poles well away from any wire and plan the route before you roll it. If the eaves you want to paint are close to the service wire, contact the network operator about having it isolated (switched off) or covered before you start, and allow time for that booking. Western Power runs the network across most of the south west of the state, while Horizon Power covers regional and remote towns.

Working beside a roof edge brings another risk, because it can be tempting to step off the platform onto the roof. Towers are not designed for that, and roof access needs edge protection, which is a guardrail system fixed along the eave to stop falls from the roof. For any job where people will walk on the roof, look at roof edge protection hire or a fixed scaffold with a proper roof access point. Older homes may have asbestos cement sheeting in the eaves, and drilling or sanding it releases fibres, so arrange asbestos testing first if the house was built or renovated before 1990.

Tower and Ladder Makers You Will See

Hire branches and retailers carry towers from several makers, and parts from one brand will not safely fit another. Altrex makes the RS Tower range of aluminium mobile towers, Layher makes the Uni Standard tower, and Gorilla makes a mobile scaffold sold for trade and home use. Like every brand, each of these uses frames, braces and clips designed to work only with its own parts. Look for the maker's name and model on the frame or in the manual, and make sure the two match before you build. Standards Australia publishes AS/NZS 1576, a joint Australian and New Zealand series of scaffolding standards, including AS/NZS 1576.1, which sets the general requirements for scaffolding.

Safety gear brands also come up on tower jobs, especially for trades who move between towers, ladders and roofs. 3M makes DBI-SALA fall protection harnesses and lanyards, and MSA makes V-Gard hard hats and fall protection equipment. Complete guardrails are the main fall protection on a tower, and a harness only becomes relevant when a trade works beyond them, such as on a roof where a harness line would stop a fall. Makita, Milwaukee and Ryobi all make cordless drills, sanders and grinders, which remove the trailing lead that can catch a castor or get pinched by a brace. Keep heavy tools in a bucket or tool bag behind the toe board, so nothing rolls off the platform edge. Hard hats are also sensible for anyone working or walking at ground level beside the tower, because a dropped scraper or screwdriver falls a long way.

Damage, Breakdowns and Hire Disputes

Hire agreements set out who pays when a part is damaged, lost or returned dirty, so read that page before you sign. Photograph the tower parts when they arrive and again when they go back, with the date showing, so any argument about their condition has evidence on both sides. If a part fails while you are using it, stop work, take the tower down if it is safe to do so and call the branch straight away. Consumer Protection WA says most of the consumer guarantees under Australian Consumer Law apply when a consumer hires or leases a product. That means a hired tower should be of acceptable quality, fit for the purpose you told the branch about and match its description.

Start any complaint with the hire business in writing, setting out what happened, what you want fixed and the hire agreement number. Where the business will not respond, Consumer Protection, part of the Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety, takes consumer complaints. It can also help with conciliation, where an officer helps both sides reach an agreement. Injuries and serious incidents at a workplace are a separate matter, and the business involved must notify WorkSafe WA. If a trade's tower damages your home, claim first on the trade's public liability insurance, which covers damage they cause to other people's property, and keep the quote, invoice and photos.

What to Check on a Tower Hire Quote

Quotes for a mobile tower should name the tower type, its platform height and whether outriggers or stabilisers are included. They should show the hire period, the daily or weekly rate, delivery and collection, and any damage waiver as separate amounts. Where a branch crew or scaffolder builds the tower, the quote should name who will erect it, confirm a high risk work licence if the fall could exceed 4 metres, and give a dismantling date. Watch for a low weekly rate that leaves out the stabilisers the manual needs for your height. Quotes that never mention the ground, the platform height or the route for moving the tower suggest the supplier has not looked closely at your job.

Trades who bring their own tower need the same scrutiny. A painter, electrician or handyman should say which access they will use and include it in the price, so that access is not added later as an extra charge. If they plan to work from ladders on a high wall, ask why a tower or scaffold is not included. Check that their public liability insurance is current, because damage to your gutters, render or paving from their tower is their responsibility.

Comparing Hire and Erection Quotes in WA

Give every supplier the same short description so the quotes can be compared directly. Include the job, the height to the eave or ceiling, the ground the tower will stand on, the width of any side path and how long you expect to need it. Photos taken from a few metres back help the branch or scaffolder pick the right tower and spot power lines or slopes you may have missed. Mention whether you want delivery only, delivery with assembly, or a crew to build, move and dismantle it. For regional towns, say how far the site is from the nearest branch, because freight can change the total more than the hire rate. Check how long each price holds and whether a longer hire would lower the weekly rate.

When you compare totals, add the hire, delivery, damage waiver, assembly and any extras for the full time you expect to need the tower. Cheaper rates from a branch an hour away may cost more once a second trip or a late return is counted. Jobs that grow from one wall into several, or from one trade into three, can be cheaper on fixed scaffolding than on a tower moved again and again. Grouping tower tasks also saves money, such as booking window cleaning, gutter repairs and exterior painting in the same week. Keep the hire agreement, photos and manual together until the tower is back and any hold placed on your payment card is released.

Quotes for a licensed crew deserve a closer look at the paperwork. The scaffolder should give you a handover once the tower is built, showing it has been checked and is ready to use, and the crew should return if the tower needs moving or rebuilding. For towers left up over several weeks, ask who inspects them after strong wind and how often. Confirm whether those inspections are included in the quote, because they keep the tower safe for every trade who climbs it.