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Escalator dimensions start with the building opening. Six site checks on rise, span, reaction loads, pits and landing clearances decide what can be built.

EN ISO 8100-1:2026 is published but has not been cited in the Official Journal, so EN 81-20:2020 still carries the presumption of conformity. What really changes, and when.

An MRL elevator moves the machine into the shaft head and leaves the building with a shorter list of works — but a longer list of decisions. What changes, what it costs, and what to check before signing.

Nine lift categories, seven global groups and the Chinese factories that build most of the world's units — plus how to tell a brand from a manufacturer before a deposit is paid.

How to verify an elevator factory in three layers: the legal entity, the registers you can open yourself, and the shop floor. Twelve checks, each with a pass criterion.

A fire rated landing door is a tested assembly, not a door leaf. What EN 81-58:2022 puts in the furnace, why the frame carries the seal and the rating, and ten checks to run before a modernisation handover.

Escalators and moving walks are excluded from the Lifts Directive and are not listed in Annex IV of the Machinery Directive. This guide sets out the conformity route that actually applies, what EN 115-1:2017 does, when a notified body is genuinely involved, and what changes on 14 January 2027.

A buyer's guide to elevator warranty and spare parts: the three warranty buckets, the wear parts worth stocking, the commissioning kit, and the claim steps that work.

A site-by-site guide to elevator installation requirements: the seven conditions that stop a crew on day one, the civil works boundary, and the survey sheet to send before shipping.

An elevator load test, step by step: the seven checks in the sequence, the real load figures behind 110% and 125%, what a report must record, who should witness it, and how to spot a recycled certificate.