Practical guides for your lift project
What you need to know before ordering a lift: standards, choice of technology, measurements to take and how an export project is organised. Every guide is available as a PDF.
Preparing your lift project
These guides cover what needs settling before a lift project: the EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 standards, choosing between a lift with or without a machine room, the shaft measurements to take before requesting a quote, the constraints of a private house and how buying a lift for export works. Each guide can also be downloaded as a PDF in French, English and Arabic.
EN 81-20 and EN 81-50: what they require
Since 2017, every new lift installed in Europe must comply with EN 81-20 (construction and installation) and EN 81-50 (design rules, calculations and tests of components). Here are the main requirements and how our lifts meet them.
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Lift with or without machine room: how to choose
Choosing between a machine-room-less lift and a lift with machine room mostly depends on the building: available space, an existing room, height and use. Here are the criteria that matter.
Read the guide →Pre-study: the measurements to take before your request
An accurate quote starts with good measurements. Here is what to measure on site, and the minimum pit and headroom values for each of our ranges.
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Home lift: what you need to know
A private lift can now be installed without major works, in new and existing houses. Footprint, power supply, regulations: here are the points to check, with the example of the SweetLIFT.
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Exporting a lift: the step-by-step guide
Buying a lift in Europe for a site abroad means organising the quote, manufacturing, documents and transport well. Here is how we work.
Read the guide →Connectivity, safety and hygiene
The connected lift: monitor and control remotely
Remote monitoring, 4G emergency alarm, calling the car from a smartphone: Sodimas and Edel solutions to reduce breakdowns and act faster, wherever the lift is.
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Lift safety and hygiene
Safe positioning, safety gear, touchless buttons, air purification: certified Sodimas components for the safety of users and technicians, in new lifts and modernisation.
Learn more →A lift project?
Send us your drawings: we study your project and send you a detailed offer.