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13 August, 2024
Part M: Volume 2 & Passenger Lifts
Part M Volume 2 provides practical guidance for complying with building regulation requirements for buildings other than dwellings. This post is the third in the series...
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22 July, 2024
The types of lifts for education
Does every educational building in the UK have lifts? Where there is a requirement to travel between floors or over steps, there should be a lift for those less able to...
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02 May, 2024
The role of hotel lifts
In today's competitive hotel industry, every detail matters. The guest experience begins the moment they step foot through the door. From luxurious interiors and...
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25 April, 2024
Lifts for listed buildings
Traditionally, easy access to historic, listed and religious buildings can be challenging and ensuring the installation does not interfere with the building's original...
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08 January, 2024
Ideas for different types of lift car interior design
When installing a new passenger lift, the choice of lift car interiors is wide. And that’s even before you consider customising with your own design material to create a...
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12 December, 2023
The benefit of lift modernisation
An old lift doesn't always need replacing and, in fact, doing so may be extremely difficult due to its design or layout. Instead, you can have a lift modernised. Allow...
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13 November, 2023
Lift requirements in residential buildings UK
A guide on specifying lifts for multi-storey housing developments, from fire fighting lifts to refurbishing existing lifts in a block of flats; the choices are endless.
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30 October, 2023
What DDA compliant and reasonable adjustments mean in the Equality Act
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), was designed to make public spaces easier for disabled people to access. Businesses of all types had to make changes to meet its...
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09 October, 2023
How lifts can help create accessible sports facilities
Poorly designed public leisure centres and sports grounds, including football and rugby stadiums, create barriers to participation for potential disabled users or access...
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08 June, 2023
Choosing the right nursing or care home lifts
Care homes and nursing homes need to meet a range of standards when it comes to safety. Residents need to move safely or help to move safely around a building, and with...
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02 May, 2023
Lift or elevator? The history and origin
The Cambridge English Dictionary definition of a lift (noun) is a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to...
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31 January, 2023
Escalator history and its inventors
From idea to patent to prototype to a full working system, escalators illustrate a common human quest: to make life easier. Read more about escalator history and when...
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![A quick guide to LRV specification and lifts](https://resources.stannahlifts.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog%20images%20%28resized%29/LRV_TOP.jpeg?width=768&name=LRV_TOP.jpeg)
09 November, 2022
A quick guide to LRV specification and lifts
Lift design is ever-evolving and without a doubt, specifying the right surface or object reflectance for your lift cabin finishes is key to designing a building that...
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02 November, 2022
Lift cleaning - a step by step guide
For every lift owner, building owner and facility manager, lift cleaning should be a regular activity, but it sometimes can be overlooked. To help you, we have created a...
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31 October, 2022
Owners guide: escalators & moving walkways
So you own/are responsible for an escalator or moving walkway but are unsure of what this means in terms of your responsibilities? Don't worry; you're not alone! This is...
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![A guide to escalator cleaning](https://resources.stannahlifts.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/Blog%20images%20%28resized%29/escalator_cleaning_and_use_TOP.jpeg?width=768&name=escalator_cleaning_and_use_TOP.jpeg)
20 September, 2022
A guide to escalator cleaning
This blog is a helpful guide on escalator cleaning - what to and when to clean, and how to do it.
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