"QuickStand"
Roof Edge Guardrail System
FPS is America’s leading manufacturer and installer of fall protection
systems! We offer effective yet simple and affordable engineered
solutions to hundreds of different hazardous applications.
Rooftop edges are dangerous!
Every year in America, thousands of falls result in countless thousands
of painful and costly disabling injuries, as well as several hundred
unnecessary deaths. OSHA has responded to these preventable injuries
with regulations designed to reduce the unreasonably high accident
incidence rate. Through workplace studies, FPS delivers a simple,
cost effective solution with the "QuickStand" Roof Edge Guardrail
System!
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The
QuickStand Roof Edge Guardrail System is safe and offers a self-supported
and freestanding system that, if properly installed, won’t damage
your roof. QuickStand protects your rooftop perimeter while standing
firm on durable rubber footpads, which regardless of your roofing
membrane material, should not cause unnecessary concern over warranty
issues or leakage. Assembly and installation are incredibly fast
and easy, with an average typical installation rate for two workers
of approximately 300 linear feet of QuickStand system per eight-hour
shift!
Corners may be attached to an existing structure where available.
Long runs of Guardrails may be easily installed at low cost.
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Is It Safe?
Safety in the forms of Fall Protection and Prevention Systems are
our only business, and QuickStand delivers exceptional safety! Because
OSHA, by government charter, is not authorized to approve and certify
any particular type of safety equipment, this system has been thoroughly
tested and approved by a nationally recognized independent product
safety testing agency. Fall Protection Systems, Inc. further guaranties
that QuickStand meets or exceeds the requirements of every applicable
OSHA requirement under Standard 29 CFR 1910.23 in effect at time
of manufacture.
Where
Should I Use QuickStand?
While traversing the typical manufacturing plant or warehouse roof,
workers are exposed to falls from significant height. Flat roofs,
which include roofs with rainwater runoff roof pitches of up to
3 degrees, may be covered by a versatile QuickStand Roof Edge Guardrail
System, regardless of whether they are rectangular in shape, radiused,
circular, and even multi-leveled. Because the QuickStand Roof Edge
Guardrail System is similar in practice to an erector set, you can
add, delete, or move the system very quickly, with minimal effort.
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QuickStand is Flexible, yet Durable
QuickStand Components are Durable, Reliable, and Corrosion Resistant!
1. All the necessary parts are supplied in Kit Form, ready
for assembly!
2. All pipes are 1.5" Schedule 40, Galvanized to ASTM A53.
3. All Fittings are made of Heavy Walled Cast Iron, Galvanized
to ASTM A153.
4. Steel Grubs Screws are hardened steel, and include a Rust-Resistant
Dip-Coating.
5. Foot Pads are Molded Natural Rubber.
6. All exposed edges are Radiused.
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Designing For
QuickStand Is Easy!
We use a state-of-the-art computerized design system to layout your
QuickStand System, yet all we need from you is a simple sketch of
the surface to be covered. We can prepare a quotation
from your sketch. Every Fitting, Pipe Section, Baseplate, Adjustable
Angle Fitting, D-Return, End Cap, Mounting Flange, and Counterbalance
Weight are accounted for simultaneously as the engineering program
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Installation Simplicity!
The QuickStand Guardrails may be erected to stand straight up (perpendicular)
on the rooftop, or may be adjusted to incline back toward the protected
surface with a closed angle of up to eleven degrees. Proper installation
requires a small torque wrench set at 29 ft/lbs (39Nm) with a 5/16"
Allen Male Key Socket. A hacksaw is all you will need if pipe lengths
need shortening as the system is being assembled.
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QuickStand
components are shipped to you direct from our warehouse in palletized,
weight-controlled loads. The pallets are typically light enough
(under 1,000#) to be deposited on the rooftop for easy transfer
to the assembly worksite. The heaviest individual components in
the system that the assemblers will handle are the Counterbalance
Weights, which weigh only 34# (15Kg) apiece.
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Air conditioner service work is easily protected
by a QuickStand system.
Notice the difference in the quantity of counterbalance
weights. The weights are "stacked" as necessary to create a strong
system. Straight run end columns require 5 each 34# (15.5 Kg) weights.
Adjacent columns are supported by 3 weights. Midspan columns require
only one weight for every six and a half feet (2 meters). |
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