Bespoke Platform Lifts

Custom Platform Lifts  is one of the UK’s leading lift companies and we have been specialists in vertical Bespoke Platform Lifts since 2003.

Custom Platform Lifts  manufactures several types of specially adapted, discreet bespoke platform lifts that combine the need to provide dignified, easy access conditions for people with reduced or limited mobility with aesthetically pleasing, well designed solutions.

Available Bespoke Platform Lifts

Vertical platform lifts can be found in many types of building. From offices, churches, museums, shops, public buildings to private dwellings.

We offer a range of bespoke platform lift solutions for commercial and private properties..

VPL 700 : This is an hydraulic side-action lift. The lift mast can be recessed into a wall so that only the frameless glass platform is on view.

VPL 500 : This is an hydraulic scissor action lift. It has the same frameless glass platform as the VPL – 700 but there is no lift mast. The scissor action under the platform is concealed by black accordion skirting or stainless steel chain mail.

VPL 400 : This is an hydraulic drive lift.  The lift cabin can be installed in an existing masonry shaft or comes complete with its own glass or metal panelled enclosure.

VPL 100 : This is a robust screw driven platform lift with an enclosure of aluminium or glass panels.

All our installations are suitable for use as wheelchair lifts and to assist those with limited mobility. With our extensive range of vertical platform lift options, we can help you find the perfect solution to your specific needs at a price that’s right for you.

Bespoke Platform Lifts – Design Considerations

• A lifting platform should only be provided to transfer wheelchair users, people with impaired mobility and their companions vertically between levels or storeys.
• Wheelchair users should be able to reach and use the controls
• Audible and visual information is needed for the arrival of the platform and the floor it has reached
• Lifting platforms travel slowly between landings, i.e. does not exceed 0.15 m/s
• Lifting platforms are operated by continuous pressure controls

Vertical Travel Distance

Lifting height up to 3 metre where there is no floor penetration – lift can be open, no enclosure required.
Lifting height greater than 3 metre – lift enclosure required

Vertical Platform sizes – minimum clear dimensions

Where there is no enclosure and the wheelchair user is unaccompanied – 800 mm wide and 1250 mm long
Where there is an enclosure and the wheelchair user is unaccompanied – 900 mm wide and 1400 mm long
Where the doors/gates are on adjacent sides of the platform and there is an enclosure or the wheelchair user is accompanied – 1100 mm wide and 1400 mm long.

There is a comprehensive choice of bespoke platform lifts that will help you meet the requirements of the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) and comply with Part ‘M’ of the Building Regulations.