Lift Maintenance Contracts — London & Essex
Planned. Documented. LOLER-Compliant. Every visit.
A lift maintenance contract with East London Elevators means a qualified engineer on-site at every scheduled visit — not a checklist handed to an apprentice. We inspect, lubricate, test, and document. Then we tell you exactly what we found.
What You Actually Get
Qualified Engineer, Every Visit
Not a trainee with a form. The engineer who services your lift understands it — from the machine room to the pit — and will tell you what they found in plain language.
LOLER Compliance Built In
Every maintenance visit produces LOLER-compliant documentation. No chasing the contractor for paperwork — your compliance file is updated automatically with every visit.
24/7 Emergency Cover Included
Maintenance clients get unlimited emergency callouts around the clock. One number, direct to an engineer — no call centre, no waiting for a callback.
Transparent Reporting
After every visit you receive a written report. Developing issues are flagged with photos and a recommended action — not a vague note that generates an invoice six months later.
What a Maintenance Visit Covers
Every visit follows a structured checklist — machine room, shaft, pit, car, and doors. Nothing is skipped to save time.
Machine Room
- Motor and brake inspection
- Drive unit and inverter check
- Sheave and bearing condition
- Controller and safety circuit test
- Oil levels and lubrication
- Environment and ventilation
Pit & Shaft
- Pit cleanliness and drainage
- Buffer and pit stop condition
- Refuge space compliance
- Guide rail lubrication
- Rope and compensation chain
- Safety gear and overspeed governor
Doors & Landing Gear
- Door operator and motor
- Vane and interlock function
- Roller and track condition
- Door timing and force test
- Landing door interlocks
- Threshold and sill clearance
Car & Controls
- Button and indicator function
- Emergency lighting and alarm
- Auto dialler / communication test
- Levelling and stopping accuracy
- Car lighting and ventilation
- Load plate and certification check
This Is What Neglect Looks Like
Both images below show the same lift pit. The first is how we found it. The second is the same pit after our team came in. A pit in this condition is a LOLER failure waiting to happen — and a liability risk for the building owner.
Before
Debris-filled pit. Refuge space buried. Safety signage obscured. A LOLER inspection would fail this immediately.
After
Same pit. Freshly painted floor, refuge space clear and signed, pit stops correctly positioned. LOLER-compliant.
The Work Most Engineers Skip
Sheave bearings, safety gear mechanisms, compensation chains. These are the components that rarely fail dramatically, but degrade steadily and quietly. By the time most maintenance contracts flag them, replacement is already overdue.
Our engineers inspect these components on every scheduled visit, not just when the lift starts showing symptoms. It's a slower, more thorough approach. It's also why our clients see fewer unexpected breakdowns.
Your Service History Lives on the Lift
Every ELE maintenance contract includes RFID service records installed directly on the lift. Each visit is logged at the point of service, not typed up back at an office or stored somewhere you can't access when an inspector arrives.
When a LOLER inspector or building auditor needs to see your maintenance history, it's there. Complete, accurate, and tamper-evident. No missing records. No paperwork requests. No gaps in the compliance trail.
RFID service records are standard on every ELE maintenance contract.