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Six-Monthly Thorough Examination — London Bridge to Dulwich

Passenger Lift Inspections in Southwark

Independent six-monthly thorough examination of passenger lifts across Southwark. The north of the borough is offices and new towers along the river; the south is residential, from large estates to Victorian streets, with lifts in blocks of every age.

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The passenger-lift stock in Southwark

London Bridge and Bankside hold modern offices and some of the tallest buildings in London, with high-rise traction lifts. Elephant and Castle and Canada Water have been rebuilt around new residential towers. Bermondsey has converted warehouses along the river with retrofitted lifts. Further south, Peckham, Camberwell and Walworth have large council estates whose lifts carry heavy daily use, and the borough also has major hospital and university sites.

What the six-monthly examination covers

All of them are six-monthly. On estate lifts that take heavy use the examination often finds wear at the doors, landing controls and car fittings first. In converted warehouses it is worth checking whether the lift has been modified since its last report, because an alteration without the safety devices being proved again is one of the commonest serious findings on older retrofits.

Areas covered around Southwark

Passenger lifts carry people, so the statutory interval is six months — not twelve.

  • London Bridge
  • Bankside
  • Elephant and Castle
  • Bermondsey
  • Canada Water
  • Peckham
  • Camberwell
  • Dulwich

Passenger lift inspections in other London boroughs

Common Questions

Passenger lift inspections in Southwark — common questions

Our lift was modernised last year. Does that change anything?

Yes. A lift needs a thorough examination after any substantial alteration, before it goes back into use, as well as on the six-monthly cycle. If that was not done when the work finished, book one now and keep the report with the modernisation paperwork.

We manage several blocks across Southwark. Can you put them on one schedule?

Yes. We keep one record of every lift with its next-due date, route the visits so blocks close together are done on the same day, and remind you before each one is due. Each lift still gets its own report, issued the same day with photographs.

Further reading

How Often Does a Passenger Lift Need Inspecting?
Every six months. The confusion is almost never about the number — it is about whether the maintenance visits already cover it. They do not. A service contract and a thorough examination are different things done by different people for different reasons, and having one does not satisfy the duty for the other.
Will the Examiner Leave My Lift Out of Service?
It is the question duty-holders ask least often and worry about most, and it is the real reason many let their maintenance contractor examine its own work. A thorough examination takes the lift out of normal service deliberately — that is what testing the safety gear means. Getting it back is specific to the installation in front of you rather than to the name on the doors.
Can My Lift Company Carry Out the LOLER Inspection?
It is one of the most common questions duty-holders ask, and the honest answer is not a flat no. LOLER does not name a prohibited person. What it requires is a competent person, and HSE expects that person to be sufficiently independent and impartial to make objective decisions — which is where a maintenance provider examining its own work runs into difficulty. This is about the structure of the arrangement, not about anyone's honesty.

Book a passenger lift examination in Southwark

Tell us what needs inspecting and where — company name, contact details and a note on the equipment. We'll reply within one business hour.

Already have an asset list or examination schedule? Email it to info@integrityliftcompliance.co.uk and we'll come back with a survey plan rather than ask you to retype it.

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