Lifts: your questions answered
Introduction
Lifts, as with all machinery, require regular servicing. Preventative maintenance will help to keep your lift in optimum condition, leading to fewer breakdowns, a more reliable lift and, in the medium to long term, lower running costs.
Owners have a responsibility to keep up to date with any changes in legislation, standards and codes of practice that might affect their lifts.
It is recognised that the care of this type of equipment is highly specialised but help will be provided from a reputable maintenance contractor. Your service provider should advise about possible breaches of legislation or compromise of safety for passengers.
If you own or occupy premises in which there is a lift, you and/or your company are responsible, under The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, for maintaining your lift in good and safe working order. If your lift is in a workplace you also have an obligation to have the lift thoroughly examined regularly by a competent person, who will inspect the lift with a view to safety, and should advise you of any defects.
Founded by Joseph Stannah in the 1860s, and currently looking after over 81,000 lift products nationwide, Stannah Lift Services has plenty of experience to assist you with the maintenance of your lifts. In addition to lift maintenance, we can advise you on matters such as health and safety.
Stannah Lift Services is certified with ISO 9001 (management systems), ISO 18001 (health and safety systems) and ISO 14001 (environmental management).
We are proud of our certifications – they demonstrate our commitment to delivering an outstanding service to our customers.
- Back to Standards & Regulations
- Introduction
- Lift safety: your responsibilities
- Maintenance: servicing, breakdown and repair
- Refurbishment and modernisation
- Additional lifts: standard and bespoke
- Lift Statutes and Guidelines
- Guidelines on the Supplementary Testing of In-service Lifts
- Escalators and moving walkways: your responsibilities
- Escalator and moving walkway Statutes and Guidelines
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