Lift Refurbishment & Modernisation
Extend your lift's operational lifespan by up to 20 years, reduce energy consumption by up to 40%, and eliminate recurring breakdown costs. Sheridan Lifts delivers bespoke, open-protocol lift refurbishment and modernisation solutions across the UK, restoring safety, performance, and asset value without the cost and disruption of a full replacement.
Traction lifts
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Hydraulic lifts
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MRL lifts
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Duplex groups
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Part M compliant
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EN 81-20
High-performance lift modernisation without the disruption of replacement.
As a building owner, facilities manager, or property director, maintaining safe, efficient, and reliable vertical transport is vital to your property’s day-to-day operations and asset value. However, when a lift approaches the end of its typical 20 to 25-year lifecycle, suffering frequent breakdowns, obsolete spare parts, poor floor levelling, and mounting maintenance invoices, replacing the entire lift shaft and structural core is rarely necessary.
Lift refurbishment offers a cost-efficient alternative to full lift replacement. By retaining sound structural components, including the lift shaft enclosure, guide rails, and counterweight assembly, Sheridan Lifts replaces ageing mechanical, electrical, and aesthetic systems with state-of-the-art technology. The result is a lift system that runs like brand new, delivered in a fraction of the time and at up to 50% lower capital expenditure than a complete replacement programme.
- Substantial Capital Savings: Modernise critical operating systems at 30% to 50% less cost than a full structural lift replacement.
- Minimal Building Disruption: Preserves the existing shaft framework, avoiding invasive civil works, structural demolitions, and long building closures.
- Non-Proprietary Open Protocol: We install non-proprietary equipment, freeing you from restrictive closed-protocol software locks and monopolised maintenance pricing.
Targeted modernisation packages for every lift system.
Whether you require a comprehensive turnkey overhaul or a targeted component upgrade to resolve specific breakdown headaches, explore our dedicated refurbishment service areas below.
Complete mechanical, electrical, and aesthetic transformation. Preserves existing structural steelwork while upgrading drive machinery, controllers, and wiring to modern standards.
Replace obsolete relay panels and discontinued logic boards with smart, open-protocol microprocessor control panels for millimetre floor levelling and reduced lobby wait times.
Solve the root cause of 70% of lift breakdowns. Upgrade to whisper-quiet VVVF direct-drive door operators, refurbished landing running gear, and non-contact 3D safety light curtains.
Over 40 years of British lift engineering heritage.
Executing a successful lift refurbishment within a live commercial office, healthcare facility, or occupied residential block requires meticulous project management. Sheridan Lifts combines four decades of independent British engineering excellence with directly employed, highly accredited engineers. From initial condition surveys and passenger traffic analysis to phased installation and statutory LOLER testing, we deliver transparent, on-time project execution with minimal disruption to your daily operations.
Open-protocol engineering and EN 81 compliance.
Phased delivery in live, occupied environments.
Typical applications
Two 1000 kg cars in a shared shaft serving eight floors, sequenced as a duplex group to cut lobby waits at peak.
Machine-room-less lift installed in a four-storey block with no plant space, commissioned before first handover.
Low-headroom hydraulic lift threaded into a listed stairwell without altering the principal staircase.
Full replacement of a 1970s lift in an occupied block, with an agreed twelve-day outage and daily resident notices.
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