Fire safety in lifts comes down to three overlapping legal areas: the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, LOLER 1998, and the Building Safety Act 2022. Together, these fire safety regulations affect any building with two or more domestic dwellings, from a...
A failed LOLER inspection means a competent person has found a defect during the thorough examination of your lift that could pose a risk to people. If that’s why you’re here, take a breath. It’s not the end of the world, but it is something you need...
Fitting a lift into a building that was never designed to hold one is a bit like trying to squeeze a modern kitchen into a Georgian townhouse. It can be done, but only if you understand what you’re working with first. Lifts in existing buildings present...
Do you need planning permission for a lift? In most cases, installing a new lift in a residential or commercial property in Essex and London does not require planning permission, but it almost always requires building regulations approval. This distinction trips up a...
At Future Lift Services, we treat lift dimensions as the starting point for any safe and workable scheme, not a fixed checklist. The available lift shaft, pit depth, headroom, door width and landing clearance set the envelope for the lift car, standard capacity and...
