Lift Test and Inspection

Lift Inspections in London and the South-East

The lifts in your building are essential to the functioning of your lift or residential building — they facilitate smooth and rapid transportation. Life is almost unthinkable without them. However, lift owners or responsible persons also have a legal duty to:

  • Ensure lifts undergo regular maintenance and servicing, rendering them safe.
  • Promptly facilitate the repair of any defects.
  • Keep the lift compliant with all regulations.
  • Have the lift inspected at six-month intervals.

As an independent lift services company, we can carry out statutory lift inspections. Discover why these inspectors are essential and what lift owners and responsible persons should know below.

What Should Lift Owners Know About LOLER?

The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) ushered in new legal requirements to keep lift users safe. Lift owners or other designated responsible people are required, under Regulation 9, to make sure all lifts used to carry people or cargo in the workplace are inspected regularly.

Should members of the public be the main users of your lift, LOLER inspections further help you comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Responsible persons — whether lift owners, supervisors, or facilities managers — are called “duty holders” under LOLER. If you are a duty holder, facilitating regular lift inspections is part of your legal responsibilities.

In addition to having your lifts inspected once every six months, duty holders also need to make relevant documentation available to inspectors, keep records, and report any defects promptly.

What Does a LOLER Lift Inspection Entail?

Our team of lift engineers thoroughly examine the following components whilst carrying out a LOLER inspection:

  • The lift’s landing including car doors and interlocks
  • Worm and other gearing
  • Main drive system components
  • Governors
  • Safety gear
  • Suspension ropes
  • Suspension chains
  • Overload detection devices
  • Electrical devices — including safety devices, fuses, earthing, and earth bonding
  • Braking systems such as buffers and overspeed devices
  • Hydraulics

Why choose Sentral Lift Services

Experience

Sentral Lifts has more than twenty years of experience with a vision of providing high-quality services with rapid response times in a flexible and dynamic manner.

Customer Service

The professional working relationship Sentral Lifts establishes with its customers ensures that we offer quick response times and a service you can count on.

Safety & Security

All of our staff have undertaken full training in all aspects of their role in terms of both the technical knowledge and Health & Safety procedures.