STANNAH
Suppliers of: commercial lifting products including passenger lifts, platform access lifts for disabled access, service and goods lifts, escalators and moving walkways and also domestic stair lifts.
Stannah design and install a comprehensive range of passenger and platform access lifts.
Stannah Lifts design and install a comprehensive range of lifts across the UK. We have been making products to move people and goods since 1867. We are proud of our engineering heritage, the fact that we are still a family run business five generations on and we’re proud of the strong values and ethics that guide us.
Passenger Lifts - 6 - 33 persons
Our broad range of passenger lifts means we can provide our customers with the right lift for their requirements.
We supply lifts for low to medium-rise buildings, as well as every size, type and style of passenger lift, fit for even the most iconic buildings right across the UK.
Each one of our passenger lifts can be supplied either individually or as part of a whole range of lift products across major developments, with a choice of simplex, duplex and triplex options and a choice of down collective lift control and others. Whichever lift you choose, we’ll help to make sure each one is suited to its travel, traffic and situation – with finishes to make them family.
Our wide range of inclined and vertical platform lifts are designed to improve accessibility for all people. From small electric platform lifts in the home, to platform lifts for disabled access in public or commercial buildings, we can help.
As a leading platform lift company, all our wheelchair platform lifts help you to comply with the Equality Act, Part M and meet the latest industry standards for manufacture and installation. We supply platform lifts in Scotland, England and Wales and all of our platform elevators are suitable as external or internal platform lifts.
Plus, every Stannah supplied lift is supported with our nationwide lift services covering the whole of the UK, so you can rely on our engineers for ongoing support no matter where you are.
Goods & Service Lifts - from 50kg to 3000kg
Home to a complete range of dumb waiters (dumbwaiters), larger service lifts and goods lifts carrying from 50kg to 1500kg. All of our lift products, whether a small dumbwaiter or service lift, or a larger goods lift will help you meet the requirements of the Manual Handling Regulations.
At Stannah we pride ourselves on the range and quality of our lift products, our highly skilled lift installation engineers and our excellent customer service. This all-round lift expertise has helped us to complete over twenty thousand goods and service lifts installations in sites throughout the UK, supported by our nationwide network of service branches.
Stannah supply, install and maintain escalators and moving walkways (sometimes called travelators, moving pavements, conveyors or autowalks) all over the UK.
Our products are ideal for retail premises where the addition of mezzanine levels to expand retail space needs easy access; for the easy movement of people across transport systems such as airports and railways and for large leisure complexes.
Stannah lift refurbishment, maintenance & repair
At Stannah Lift Services we maintain, service, repair, modernise and refurbish all types of lifts, escalators and moving walkways, not only our own but also those from other manufacturers.
Stannah helps people to get on with their lives. Whether it’s a lift at the station, a dumbwaiter at the coffee shop, a passenger lift at the office, a platform lift at the library, an escalator in the shopping centre, a moving walkway at the supermarket, a goods lift at the pub or a stairlift at home – we are there quietly helping life happen.
Further technical information is available to download from the Bpi, download Library or from the Manufacturer’s own website.
Stannah launches new cabin platform lifts with more cabin sizes and finish choices
We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Midilift cabin platform lift ranges. These new lifts offer the market more cabin sizes, door options, finishes and accessories, and a strengthened after-sale proposition.
Mark Chapman, General Manager of the Platform Lifts and Microlift Division, said: “I am very excited that the Platform sales team can start talking about this new range with customers in the UK. Customers can choose from a more extensive range of platform lift car sizes, finishes and materials - and we are offering a two-year warranty, including four service visits per year for added peace of mind on every model. We trust they’ll be as excited as us about these new arrivals”.
The new range of lift cars, finishes, structures and materials offer greater choice, so you’re guaranteed to find a model that can fit in even the tightest space. All models require a minimal pit for when limited depth or headroom makes other lifts difficult, and of course, offer DDA, Part M and Section 4.2 compliance where needed.
The new cabin platform lift range is as follows.
Midilift CL - a stylish, simple-to-install, competitively-sized hydraulic cabin lift with hinged landing doors
Midilift CLS – a stylish, highly energy-efficient hydraulic cabin platform lift with automatic sliding doors and the appearance of a conventional passenger lift
Plus, complete technical data is now available in the technical area to ensure easy specification for ongoing and future projects.
We won’t forget our much-loved Midilift Plus and Piccolo models and will continue to support the product in the field and our existing orders.
Over the years, we’ve supplied over 50,000 commercial lifts in the UK, a mix of bought-in and own-manufacture; many still provide reliable service and have ongoing support thanks to our strong network of service branches across the UK.
Please take a look at the new cabin platform lifts - we'd love to know what you think.
The ‘best small building in London’ gets two Stannah Xtralifts
With its impressive period design, A-rated energy efficiency and superb location, Suffolk St James has undoubtedly earned its reputation as the ‘best small building in London’.
This architecturally significant five-storey refurbishment was originally built in the 1950s and offers 18,050 sq ft of boutique office space, within easy walking distance of St James’s Square, Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square.
The vision of architects Stiff + Trevillion has created an impressive CAT A office refurbishment designed in the spirit of net-zero carbon principles with a clear focus on accessibility and occupier wellbeing.
The completed refurbishment now provides exceptional environmental performance with an EPC A-rating and BREEAM ‘Excellent’.
Inclusive design is evident throughout the building with step-free access to all areas provided by two Xtralifts from Stannah.
The challenge
The design brief for Suffolk St James’s focused on a comprehensive refurbishment to create CAT-A offices on the 1st to 4th floors, along with a striking reception on the ground floor. The lower ground space provides studio/gym, bike store, kitchen and a further CAT-A office. There is a large roof terrace on the 5th floor.
The challenge on this project was to replace the existing single 10-person lift and create step-free access to all five floors, including the 2,000 sq ft roof terrace and lower ground floor level.
The existing 750 kg, 10 person lift was installed in 1997, meaning it had older technologies that wouldn’t support the vision for a CAT-A office. The new design also required two lifts with specific functionality to improve accessibility and convenience for users as well as incorporating bespoke finishes. This meant the development of an additional lift shaft. Both the architect and lift consultants were looking for a solution that minimised the amount of building work in creating this additional lift shaft space.
Stannah was provided with a detailed brief that listed the components required and an interior design vision to help in selecting the finishes. The latter were chosen to support the architect's overall design vision for the building, which required the lobby, car doors and interiors to visually complement other internal elements.
In terms of logistics, being located in central London required careful coordination of deliveries to avoid disruption to nearby businesses and residents.
The solution
Stannah was able to utilise its extensive experience and bespoke capabilities to deliver two 9-person Xtralifts that met the lift consultant's specification and architect’s design vision. The solution also satisfied the installation requirements of BW Workplace, including Stannah engineers being present during the install.
Stannah proposed two 9-person lifts, rather than two 10-persons, because it better aligned with the constraints of the existing lift shaft space, and in doing so mitigated building works.
The Xtralift, from the Stannah passenger lift core range, is an energy-efficient, high-performance gearless traction lift that is available from 6 to 33 passengers. Capable of travelling up to 45m (potentially up to 16 floors), it is ideally suited to low and medium-rise usage.
The specification of the two Xtralifts from Stannah supplied to Suffolk St James were:
Lift 1
9 person, 6 stops
Bespoke mechanical package
Lester controller, 1.6m/s
Full depth architraves and bronze car landing doors to complement the overall interior design of the building
Bespoke timber panels mounted to full height side walls
Car lighting with energy saver timer which switches off lights when lift not in use
Bespoke control panel in bronze finish
Bespoke car interior and floor
Dewhurst pushes
Selcom doors and door operator
Windcrest Autodialler
Safety edge Panachrone 2D
Lift 2
9 person, 6 stops, including to the roof terrace
Bespoke mechanical package
Lester controller, 1.6m/s
Full depth architraves and bronze car landing doors to complement the overall interior design of the building
Bespoke timber panels mounted to full height side walls
Car lighting with energy saver timer which switches off lights when lift not in use
Bespoke control panel in bronze finish
Bespoke car interior and floor
Dewhurst pushes
Selcom doors and door operator
Windcrest Autodialler
Safety edge Panachrone 2D
All Xtralifts from the Stannah core range are supplied with intelligent controls to enable full diagnostics and remote monitoring. A car preference key switch isolates the movement of the car and landing doors to allow easy and safe cleaning by the facilities team at Suffolk St James.
The requirement for energy efficiency was addressed at Suffolk St James because Xtralift achieves an A-rating energy certification in accordance with VDI 4707. This is done by incorporating, as standard, LED lighting, stand-by shutdown mode, signalisation dimming, gearless and low consumption traction drive as well as an optional regenerative motor.
BW: Workplace Experts carried out the installation at Suffolk St James with guidance and support throughout from the Stannah team. This involved removing the existing lift and co-ordinating building works on the lift shafts.
BW: Workplace Experts said: “When it comes to prestigious projects like Suffolk St James, it is a challenge to balance the overall design with the finer attention to detail. The client and design team were delighted with the approach taken by Stannah in delivering a bespoke energy-saving lift installation. The outcome has certainly lived up to the very high expectations on this project.”
“Considering the bespoke nature of the lifts at Suffolk St James and the way in which a small adaptation on lift capacity avoided unnecessary building works, Greycoat Real Estate, the client, were delighted with the end result.
“Right from the start, we appreciated having Stannah lift experts on site to help us overcome the challenges. They were with us every step of the way through to handover.”
The result
Accessibility was an important aspect of the refurbishment at Suffolk St James: giving every person step-free access to all areas of the building. The refurbishment achieves this whilst meeting the open protocol requirements set by the lift consultants and designers. An open protocol lift system means that customers are not tied to Stannah for maintenance and repair.
It was an achievement in itself to minimise the amount of building works in the lift shaft area, a factor that was critical to meeting the programming and spatial requirements of the architects.
A factor that made this possible was the experience of the Stannah team, who have extensive knowledge of lift installation in new build and refurbishment properties.
The lifts at Suffolk St James will be in use daily, with remote monitoring providing the client with confidence that they will be a low maintenance, hassle free addition to this extra-ordinary office development.
All Stannah lifts are certified according to the Lifts Regulations 2016 (2016 No. 1093), and post-installation servicing at Suffolk St James will be delivered by highly-trained Stannah engineers.
Image credits: BW: Workplace Experts