Roofers and stonemasons came joint second as the hunt is on to find Britain’s toughest tradesperson with a series of 'high pressure' challenges to test everyone on the tools You want to mess with this guy? No, of course you don't (Image: Getty Images)

Scaffolder have been crowned Britain’s “toughest” tradesmen in a nationwide poll. Nearly a fifth of tradesfolk - some 15% - backed ‘scaffys’ as the hardiest grafters on UK sites. ‌

Roofers and stonemasons came joint second with 11% of votes respectively from a survey of 500 tradesmen and women. Bricklayers and electricians round off the top five toughest tradies - with each profession winning 10% of the vote. ‌

But fitters of kitchens, windows, carpets and tiles were named as the lest tough by their fellow tradesmen and women.

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