Lift Modernisation and Refurbishment

If tenants or other occupiers are affected, record which areas they use and who controls them. This helps prevent an instruction for one property area overlooking a shared system.

Assess the existing installation; compare controller, drive, door and car improvements; plan interfaces; define commissioning and handover requirements. The agreed scope should state which areas or equipment are included, what is excluded and the form of the completion record.

Ask for findings that identify the affected item or location clearly. A useful record allows you to understand what was done and arrange any follow-on work without starting again.

Modernising selected components and replacing a complete lift have different dependencies. Retained equipment must be compatible with the proposed changes.

Provide asset records, fault history, shaft and plant-space information and the building's future needs.

Confirm keys, occupant notices, parking or unloading access and the person able to authorise additional work. Photographs can help explain the enquiry where they can be taken safely.

Survey the installation, agree the technical scope and outage plan, coordinate works and document checks and operating information.

Agree any stages before work starts: investigation, a repair proposal and the authorised work may be separate instructions. At completion, establish what can be used, what remains restricted and what happens next.

Extent of retained equipment, electrical supplies, structural changes and the outage programme determine budget. The enquiry and available records establish what can be priced directly and what needs a site assessment first.

Where work affects an entrance, occupied room or shared service, arrange the access window with the people using it. Include any temporary arrangements and reinstatement in the scope so the quotation addresses the whole job.

Care and residential properties need to consider occupants who depend on lifts. Warehouses need equipment suited to goods movement and loading; public buildings need safe pedestrian routes while work is underway. The equipment’s intended use sets the boundary. Browse the full sector range and describe the actual building use when enquiring.

We cover Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Tees Valley, including Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough and the wider towns and communities in our location directory. Send the property address and the area of the building needing attention so access and the work requirement can be considered together.

Substantial work normally needs a planned period out of service; alternative access and occupant needs must be addressed in advance.

Provide asset records, fault history, shaft and plant-space information and the building's future needs. Include the location and the decision you need to make, such as investigating a fault, planning a repair or setting up a programme.

Extent of retained equipment, electrical supplies, structural changes and the outage programme determine budget. Any further investigation or additional work should have a clear scope before it is authorised.

It should identify the equipment or areas covered, the work and checks performed, limitations and unresolved actions. Keep the record with the property information and share relevant operating instructions with the people who use the equipment or space.

Read what statutory inspections does a commercial building require for the supporting decisions and records. Remedial-action tracking explains how to carry an identified defect through to evidenced closure. The relevant official guidance provides the wider technical or management context.

Explore Dock Levellers and Loading Bays alongside the Lifts and Lifting Equipment overview. Connect ongoing work with maintenance, larger changes with projects, and browse all services.

Send Black & White Property Services the property address, symptoms or proposed change, and any existing report. We can then establish the appropriate assessment and work scope. Make an enquiry.