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Cantilever Platform Lift

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The lift is mounted in a pit at the foot of the staircase, so when it is not in use it is flush with the surrounding floor.

The obvious advantages are that it does not create an obstruction and can be discreetly blended into the decor of the room.

The user manoeuvres their wheelchair on to the platform and sets the brakes. Using a remote control themselves, or by someone using wall mounted controls, the lift will start.

First, the safety kerb rises to prevent the chair from being able to move off platform during motion.

Then, the platform lift will rise up and over the steps. The safety kerb barrier is a sensitive edge, meaning the lift will stop if anything touches it.

Underneath the platform, a plate lifts up to cover the hole. This will also stop the lift if anything touches it.

Once the platform reaches the top step, the front barrier lowers, allowing the user to egress.

Once off the platform, it can be lowered back into the pit using the same controls again, safely tucked away until the next time it is needed.

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About us

Hampshire based, The Platform Lift Company are one of the UK's leading suppliers and installers of platform and passenger lifts for disabled access.

We offer a comprehensive range of lift products to suit all environments and applications. With expertise in all business sectors, including Heritage, Education, Sports and Leisure, Restaurants and Residential.

All of our lifts are designed to suit individual projects, whether you need a simple dumb waiter goods lift, a platform lift for a school or a high end lift for residential use, we can design, supply, fit and maintain the perfect lift solution for any site.

Our highly comprehensive tailored service starts immediately with our friendly experienced sales team, followed by our skilled drawing specification and site surveys. We work with you every step of the way from your first enquiry to the lifetime maintenance of your lift.

Please visit our website to view our range of products or call us to request a brochure or to request further information.

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Articles/Press Releases

08/11/2024 - Eye Place of Fleet Street
Motala Platform Lift Installed for Improved Customer Convenience
30/05/2024 - The Platform Lift Company Launches Revolutionary Spare Parts Website
The Platform Lift Company is excited to announce the launch of its ground-breaking spare parts website, set to transform the platform lift spare parts industry.
15/03/2024 - Celebrating the innovation of platform lifts
Whenever an organisation, manufacturer or individual introduces a new service or product that can simplify a particular task for people, it is called an innovation.
29/11/2023 - New partnership offers a safer line of emergency communication within platform lifts
The Platform Lift Company (PLC) has partnered with SafeLine, a Swedish company that manufactures open protocol safety accessories for lifts, to ensure that all emergency auto-diallers currently installed within platform lifts are upgraded to digital ahead of the analogue switch off.
01/09/2023 - Next generation ‘FlexStep’ platform lift is launched
The Platform Lift Company announces to UK specifiers and architects the arrival of the newly enhanced FlexStep complete with an automatic onboard barrier feature.
16/05/2023 - New Step Lift Bespoke fits seamlessly into the range
The Platform Lift Company (PLC) has become a key UK distributor of the Danish based company Guldmann and its unique range of fully customisable and integrated platform lifts.
27/02/2023 - Enjoy an easier life with our new PVE home lift
The Platform Lift Company has added to its range of innovative and space-saving home lift solutions with a new PVE (Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator) option.
26/07/2022 - Why cabin lifts are an ideal fit for educational buildings
Are you specifying a wheelchair lift for a school, college or university, for a refurbishment or new build? Introducing the cabin lift, one of the best disability access solutions for educational buildings.
23/06/2022 - External Platform Lifts
Sean O’Sullivan, Managing Director of the Platform Lift Company, tells us more about external wheelchair lifts and installation requirements.
23/06/2022 - Hidden wheelchair access lifts for historic buildings
A slight difference in floor height or a couple of steps can prevent a wheelchair user from being able to enter a building or room.
22/06/2022 - New recruits take business to the next level
The Platform Lift Company (PLC) is set to boost business with a dynamic new management team, introducing Danny Mulberry as Head of Sales and Steve Howard as Technical Operations Manager.
05/10/2021 - 2-in-1 platform lift innovation provides an alternative access solution at Grand Designs
FlexStep, a revolutionary and award-winning product invented by Liftup A/S to provide both stairs and a wheelchair lift, is being displayed at Grand Designs, NEC Birmingham, 6-10 October 2021.
05/03/2021 - Brand new Italian designed 3 metre platform lift
The Platform Lift Company has upgraded its product range for 2021 with a new Italian designed open style platform lift.
03/11/2020 - Upcycle your existing platform lift
You can now choose whether to replace or upgrade the appearance and functionality of an existing platform lift by using a new service provided by the Platform Lift Company.
16/09/2020 - Growing network of trade partners planned for PLC
The Platform Lift Company Ltd is growing its network of trade partners across the UK and providing them with a newly developed sales toolkit for two of Europe’s biggest platform lift manufacturers, Extrema and Motala Hissar.
16/07/2020 - New exclusive platform lift partnership
Extrema, who specialise in the design and manufacture of stylish platform lift and stair riser solutions, has made the Platform Lift Company its sole distributor within the UK and Ireland.
14/05/2020 - Metro Building Hammersmith
ThirdWay Interiors required a stylish platform lift solution to overcome the physical barrier of four steps from the communal space and reception area leading up to the offices/lift lobby.
12/05/2020 - Benefit from a Revolutionary New Professional Lift Sanitiser
Now you can effectively sanitise and deep clean a passenger or enclosed platform lift to limit the spread of Covid-19.
28/04/2020 - New! Introducing a simple yet effective platform lift solution
The HDN platform lift solution from Liftup is now available from the Platform Lift Company who are a UK distributor for the award-winning Danish Company.
21/01/2020 - The Platform Lift Company forms a new partnership
The Platform Lift Company Ltd is proud to announce its new partnership with leading Swedish platform lift manufacturer Motala Hissar AB, who are part of the world-renowned KONE Group.
05/09/2019 - Wharf Studios
Wharf Studios consist of a ground, lower ground and basement commercial units in a new residential development.
05/09/2019 - Schueco UK
Thirdway Interiors who specialise in the design and build of offices and commercial premises, were appointed by Schueco London to carry out a complete refurbishment of its new headquarters and showroom at Great Portland Street.
05/09/2019 - New Italian Style Lift
The Platform Lift Company announces it has become a UK and Ireland distributor for Extrema, a dynamic Italian company who specialise in the design of stylish access solutions to overcome architectural barriers.
05/09/2019 - Occupational therapists to discover latest lift innovations
The Platform Lift Company and its sister company The Pool Lift Company will be exhibiting alongside each other at three Occupational Therapy Adaptations Conferences this year in Devon, Cambridge and Newcastle.
19/12/2018 - The Platform Lift Company form a new partnership with Heritage Ability
The Platform Lift Company Ltd is supporting Heritage Ability, a three-year Heritage Lottery funded project run by the charity Living Options Devon. This project aims to improve the visitor experience for people with disabilities at 20 heritage sites across the South West of England.
16/11/2018 - Top tips about installing a platform lift to improve accessibility within a retail store.
Sean O'Sullivan, Managing Director of the Platform Lift Company, gives retailers some top tips about installing a platform lift to improve accessibility within a store.
11/06/2018 - Danish design enhances product offering
The Platform Lift Company is proud to announce it has become a UK distributor for award-winning Danish company Liftup who are renowned for their innovative design of assistance products.
11/06/2018 - New software takes The Platform Lift Company to a different level
The Platform Lift Company has invested in new Revit® software which supports the design, drawings and schedules required for BIM (Building Information Modelling).
11/06/2018 - New business relationship helps create more accessible homes
The Platform Lift Company is delighted to be working with Branch Properties Ltd as their main provider of accessibility surveys for lift installations.
12/04/2018 - Danish design enhances product offering
The Platform Lift Company is proud to announce it has become a UK distributor for award-winning Danish company Liftup who are renowned for their innovative design of assistance products.
26/10/2017 - Interlift 2017
Internatinal Trade Fair for Elevators, Components & Accessories 17-20 October/Messe Augsburg
07/09/2017 - Cantilever lift takes Platform Lift Company to the next level
The Platform Lift Company is proud to introduce its new Cantilever product to the lift industry.
01/09/2017 - European lift companies will go through a somewhat more difficult summer
It seems that these summer months will be a little more complicated for those lift companies in Europe who are to install new lifts that are not adapted to the new harmonized regulations yet.
01/09/2017 - The Platform Lift Company always ahead of the GAME
We were approached by GAME because of our reputation in the industry, to compete in a tender exercise for their new flagship UK store in Bristol.
18/07/2017 - Why do I need to have my equipment maintained?
There are statutory legal requirements for owners to have equipment maintained such as lifts, lifting platforms, stairlifts, escalators and moving walks if they are:
14/06/2017 - How a simple lift can improve Health & Safety in the workplaceNational Restaurant Chain - Wagamamas
For the openings in Bluewater & York, national restaurant chain Wagamama specified the installation of a pair of goods lifts or ‘dumb waiters’ to maximise operational efficiency of each restaurant.
20/01/2017 - Access for all is not going to go away, make a change for the better in 2017
Tweets and news stories regarding disabled access appear to be on the increase. With both the Disability Discrimination Act and The Equality Act it states that reasonable measures should be made but it might not be long before this is a legal requirement.
18/11/2016 - Holiday Park Show offer extended until end of November 2016
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BUY!
13/10/2016 - Everyones' Responsibility
The Manual Handling Regulations give advice on preventing injury through poor handling practice and remind employees and employers that this can cause musculoskeletal disorders, which account for one-third of all injuries suffered at work.
12/10/2016 - National Restaurant Chain - Wagamamas
For the openings in Bluewater & York, national restaurant chain Wagamama specified the installation of a pair of goods lifts or ‘dumb waiters’ to maximise operational efficiency of each restaurant.
06/09/2016 - Cantilever Wheelchair Lift
This Wheelchair Lift was shortlisted for Best In Show at the 2014 Naidex exhibition at the NEC. And it isn't hard to see why, with its novel approach to overcoming every day access problems.
21/01/2016 - New Plans by Scientists to Build a Space Platform Lift
Would you like a trip to outer space? Then take the lift. This is the idea of Canadian company Thoth Technology, which hopes to build an inflatable elevator to space. The idea is to construct a platform lift that can take cargo from the surface of the Earth 20 kilometres (12 miles) into the stratosphere.
21/01/2016 - The Most Exciting Lifts In The World
When you think of a lift, you probably imagine a simple platform lift that moves passengers or goods from one floor to another. However, they don’t have to be this simple, and there are some fantastic examples of lift design throughout the globe. From the strangest and the coolest to the fastest and those with amazing views, here we look at ten of the world’s most exciting lifts.
21/01/2016 - The Paternoster – The Rotating Platform Lift
There are only two working paternoster lifts left in Britain today, one of which is in the library at the University of Essex and another at the University of Leicester.
12/08/2015 - The Royal Glen Hotel
Platform Lift for Grade 1 Listed Building
24/06/2015 - The Godolphin House
An ancient and atmospheric estate with a medieval garden and historic house
16/06/2015 - Testing New ‘Super’ Lifts
A building that is one kilometre tall is a serious feat of engineering. Another engineering feat is the method used to transport its occupants. Riding a super-fast lift one kilometre into the sky used to be thought of as something out of science fiction.
10/04/2015 - Work begins on test tower for future elevators
Towards the end of last year, ThyssenKrupp announced the first stage of their new test tower project in Germany. This will culminate in nine test towers being present on the site, which will become an innovation centre, increasing investment and job opportunities in the region. We announced similar plans from a competitor as companies look to build bigger, faster and far more advanced elevators.
18/02/2015 - Testing New ‘Super’ Lifts
A building that is one kilometre tall is a serious feat of engineering. Another engineering feat is the method used to transport its occupants. Riding a super-fast lift one kilometre into the sky used to be thought of as something out of science fiction. Today, it is urban planning. This is the challenge facing a Finnish lift company and world leader in lift technology, Kone, as it plans to install 65 lifts in the one-kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
18/02/2015 - Turkey Propose Controversial Ban
In a move that is certain to court a great deal of controversy, a regional governor in Turkey has proposed a restriction on lift usage in public buildings. The proposal will see a ban put in place on people using lifts to reach the first three floors of a building. The governor of the western province of Edirne has put forward the idea as part of an overall campaign to fight obesity. It is hoped that it will encourage people to use the stairs instead. The scheme is another step in the governor’
18/02/2015 - Lifting the Blame – Who is Responsible if a Passenger Lift Breaks Down?
The combination of technological advances and health and safety regulations has ensured that this is a rare circumstance. According to the Lift Operating and Lift Equipment Regulations (LOLER), owners and operators of lifts are required to make provisions for the quick release of any passengers that may be trapped in a lift.
18/02/2015 - Market Make Up – Leia
With space becoming more of an issue in the construction industry, there is a growing requirement to build taller buildings. This has increased the need for efficient lift systems. There have also been additional requirements to improve accessibility within buildings for those with disability issues. All of these factors have affected the lift industry and the overall make-up of the market.
12/12/2014 - Government audit deems disabled access on the high street ‘shocking’
Disabled accessibility on the British high streetA recent government audit of accessibility on the British high street found standards to be absolutely appalling. The audit took into account over 30,000 shops and restaurants across the UK, the BBC reports. Each of these venues were visited by DisabledGo, an organisation that provides accessibility information.
12/12/2014 - 10 Signs Your Lift Needs Updating
An average lift should have an operational lifetime of 20 to 25 years. But this depends on its exposure to heat, the weather and its passenger usage, maintenance and repairs. Some signs that the lift needs an upgrade are obvious.
12/12/2014 - The Kings of Cool: Crowning 7 Award-Winning Lifts
There have been huge advances in lift technology since the first elevator was built in 1743. This is made all the more obvious when you think about some of the record-breaking lifts around the world today.
12/12/2014 - The 2hr Walk Across the World’s Tallest Outdoor Passenger Lift
Do you have a fear of heights? It’s one of the most common phobias in existence, and whilst some would advocate tackling your fears head-on, a 330-metre elevator might not be the best way to do it.
25/04/2014 - New home allows Andover Company to grow
An Andover company is recruiting more staff thanks to a move to a modern workplace which brings all its operations under one roof.
11/10/2013 - From Design To Lifestyle
The Platform Lift Company offer two types of residential platform lifts for the home, the Italian Lift which is sold to residential properties countries worldwide.
06/09/2013 - Platform Lift Company Support Help for Heroes
The Platform Lift Company Managing Director Sean O’ Sullivan got involved with helping the RFEA (The Forces Employment Charity) nearly a year ago to help wounded soldiers find employment through mentoring them back into civilian street life.
06/09/2013 - The Big American Retail Companies approve The Platform Lift co to install throughout Europe
Victoria’s Secret is the largest American retailer of lingerie and was founded by Roy Raymond on June 12, 1977.
21/06/2013 - British Platform Lift Products and Get Britain Back to work?
We at The Platform Lift Company believe that buying British means buying quality, providing the end user with the best product and using quality materials which will survive for the longest time
27/02/2012 - The William Booth Birthplace Museum
Number 12 Notintone Place is the house where William Booth was born on 10 April 1829.
27/02/2012 - Making Life Easier for the Trade Worldwide
The Platform Lift Company has now opened a “trade sales department” designing, surveying, delivering & installing for the rest of the lift industry worldwide.

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The Platform Lift Company Ltd

I contacted The Platform Lift Company to see if they could me resolve some access issues was having .since having to use a wheelchair I could no longer go upstairs in my home and didn't want to move to a bungalow. The salesman arrived 3 days later and discussed a number of options. As I wasn't keen on a stair lift I choose to have a small platform lift installed next to my staircase .This has made a massive difference to my life without all the stress of moving home.from my first phone call with the company my lift was fitted within 2 months .I found the guys fitting the lift very helpful and polite.and the aftercare and maintenance has been brilliant. I have recommended The Platform Lift Company to a friend of mine that also had no problems with the company.

By Clare Spencer - 09 May 2023

The Platform Lift Company Ltd

Excellent business, entirely reliable and offering a cost effective, superior product. No hesitation in recommending to any client seeking a passenger lift product.

By Mark Smallwood - 10 October 2017