Tag: lift modernisation

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Oxford House, Liverpool

Work is well underway on a lift modernisation at Oxford House in Liverpool. These works will include new entrances being created and existing entrances formed. This is a full turn-key package with our industry partners, International Lift Equipment and for the major builders works, PRNS Building Services Ltd. The left-hand lift (whilst looking into the…

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Case Study: An electrical lift refurbishment by Sheridan Lifts

We are commencing our second week of work on a 12-story building for one of our clients. This week we are continuing to carry out a full MRL electrical refurbishment (no motor room) after some severe historic water damage to the existing equipment was causing ongoing issues for the tenants of this residential block. We…

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Sheridan Lifts to the rescue over the Christmas period

Reactive lift maintenance for Shop Direct Ltd

The festive period is always a busy time for our engineers. Whilst our head office itself may be closed, many of the businesses we look after are 100% reliant on their lifts for business-critical production purposes. As such, we can never rest on our laurels and our engineers are on call up and down the…

A discussion about our work with Grade II Listed buildings

And a sit down with Mas’ud Mallick and Nick Beetson

It struck me this week that we do quite a lot of work within Grade II Listed Heritage buildings, and I was curious to discover how working within the confines of these buildings might differ from our regular projects. Two such recent projects are at the Redfern Building in Manchester and at 55 Faulkner Street…

A fully modernised lift for Ace Mill in Chadderton

Our sensitive work with these listed buildings continues

Continuing our prolific work with old mills in the North West of England, we are currently carrying out a lift modernisation job for Ace Mill in Chadderton. That’s the one adjacent to Gorse Mill – with both serving the Rochdale and Hollinwood Branch Canal. Are there any mills in the North West that we haven’t…

Lee Street Circle, Leicester

Installation of a firefighting lift

Following advice from their building control team, our client in Leicester have decided to upgrade the passenger lift we installed for them in November 2018 to a firefighting lift. As you may know, in the event of a fire, it is not appropriate to use a lift whilst there is an increased risk of passengers becoming…

Redfern Building Manchester

Redfern Building gets a makeover

Sheridan’s doing what we do best!

Here’s a cracking little project to bring you up to speed with, and a nice example of the work we can do with lift interiors. Working with our client Russells Construction, Sheridan Lifts have installed a series of lifts at the Redfern Building on Dantzic Street in Manchester. The development forms part of the site…

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Special Project: A multi lift site in Fitzrovia, London

And a chat with our Projects Manager Jeremy Walton

Sheridan Lifts have been working on a highly prestigious and challenging project in central London for our client, ISG. Working on this multi lift site, when fully completed there will be two 20kg, high specification ‘Smart’ Service Lifts with power control pulley tables, a custom step lift and a bespoke 10-person passenger lift. All projects…

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Fancy a career as a lift engineer?

Come and work for Sheridan Lifts

If you are fresh out of University or just weighing up your career options after a year out, Sheridan Lifts could be the perfect choice to launch your new career. A family run business with 40 years of industry experience, we are run and managed by our MD Tony Sheridan capably supported by his son,…

Need lift repairs? We’re there!

Who else you gonna call?!

Being a fast and responsive company is huge in the lift services industry. As is offering a reliable and professional service to all of our many customers across different sectors from residential through to industrial / goods lifts. We're based in Manchester with offices in London and Birmingham, but we cover the whole of the…