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Fire fighting Lifts Building and Lift Requirements

Firefighting Lifts Building and Product Requirements Firefighting lifts have a number of requirements, we have been asked many questions regarding this and will be working to help all the industries involved to understand more. iKONIC Lifts face a number of...

Firefighter Lift Vs Evacuation Lift

What Is the Difference Between A Firefighter Lift and an Evacuation Lift? The importance of firefighter lifts and evacuation lifts are being more widely known, due to tragic events such as Grenfell Tower the 24-story block of flats in North...

A Simple Guide to Installing A Lift into Your Property

Research has shown that installing a lift and ensuring complete accessibility can boost a property's value by up to 25% making a great long-term investment. It is important to consider the cost and the amount of work involved and know...

what is the diffrence between a platform lift and passeneger lift

What is the difference between a platform lift and a passenger lift?

iKONIC lifts are asked this question quite frequently. There are many types of lifts that are designed for different purposes and it is important to know the difference, to ensure your lift solution provides the correct fit, form, and function...

Selecting a lift for your sectors

A Basic How To guide to selecting a lift for Healthcare, Retail, Hospitality, and Industrial Sectors A lot of companies and organisations utilising buildings with two floors or more can gain great advantages from installing a lift. Not just for...

How To Meet The Equality Act 2010 DDA Lift Requirements

Before the UK introduced the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), in 1995 millions of disabled people in the UK faced many challenges, non-disabled people take for granted. Such as using public transport, being able to access shops and restaurants, theatres or...

Providing Disabled Access In Listed Buildings

The National Heritage If a building has special architectural structure or is of profound historic interest it becomes listed and added to The National Heritage List as the iconic term implies. Protecting the building by law and preserving our English...

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What Makes A High-Rise Building Fire Fighter Lift?

Mechanical lifts are invaluable to Fire Service personnel, before considering a firefighter lift it is important that their design and construction is understood. Having an informed understanding, an accurate risk assessment can be completed. Lifts are an essential element in...

When Considering A Fire-Fighter Lift

Having worked with a spectrum of clients on various projects in different buildings and needing to meet different requirements, iKONIC have put together some information such as basic, Lift and Building designs for consideration when looking for a fire fighter...

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Things To Consider Designing Lift Interiors & Entrances

Designers know what looks good but what other aspects are important when designing the interior of the lift. If you look at the behaviour of lift passengers, people tend to observe the side, floor, control panel, mirror or ceiling panels...

A Simple How To Guide For Purchasing A Passenger Lift

Many businesses, organisations and homes require lift solutions, providing vertical transportation, if you haven’t purchased a lift before it can be quite daunting and selecting the right kind of passenger lift that is fit for purpose can be difficult but...

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