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Why should lifts be maintained?

There are many good reasons why owners of lifts should maintain their lifts, the following is a simple overview:

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Why buying a quality lift is essential

Lifts are a complex interaction between software, electronics and mechanical components. A quality lift is the result of accumulated experience over the last 100 years. The designing of a lift combines specialist lift engineers from a range of disciplines to ensure the design is safe, reliable and robust.

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What Melbourne Elevators does better than others:

We do lift maintenance and lift repairs really well! We still do traditional maintenance on site and take the time to inspect, lubricate, make adjustments and perform minor repairs at each service. All our maintenance agreements include the mandated Worksafe annual safety check.

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Tips to Save Money, for Lift Owners, Body Corporates and OC’s

There are many common costs that can be incurred, so read your lift agreement carefully and consider the following...

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What is a lift modernisation?

A lift modernisation is a significant upgrade to the equipment of a lift in an attempt to significantly improve its safety, aesthetics, reliability or working life. When a lift is consistently experiencing issues, or inconveniencing users, the decision becomes to modernise or to replace the lift.

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I need to replace a lift, but why?

We receive regular calls from customers requesting a quote to replace a lift. The first question I have is why do you need to replace your lift and the response is generally that “my lift company says it is obsolete, so it needs replacing”.

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How much space do I need for a home lift?

The area you need to allow for a home lift will depend on your answers to the following questions and then going to lift companies with your requirements so you get a clear answers to what you want and not what is being sold. Do not rely on web sites to determine shaft dimensions, you may end up with a lift that does not work the way you want it to, has an unsuitable look or simply doesn’t fit into your building.

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Beware of Exclusivity Agreements

Apart from a number of significant lift companies going into administration over the past year, the next most significant issue for customers is lift suppliers entering into exclusivity arrangements with manufacturers.

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What do you say?

The attached images are from a site in Melbourne in 2025. I believe it is one of the most sobering image of the year. The lift is for cars to take them from Basement levels 1 and 2 to ground level. The driver drove straight through the closed lift doors. The front wheels of the car landed on top of the lift cabin. The lift cabin also had a car and passenger inside.

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