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Cab interiors, modernisation, goods hoists, and safety upgrades — photographed on real DYMO sites across Gauteng.

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Lift interiors

Finished cabs across retail, commercial, and residential buildings — stainless, glass, and timber-look finishes with new handrails, ceilings, lighting, and flooring.

Large lift cab with woven-texture stainless lower panels, mirrored upper walls and ceiling with downlights, handrails on three sides and studded rubber flooring.
Retail centre cabWoven-texture stainless and studded rubber flooring, chosen for trolley and foot traffic.
Lift cab finished in bronze-toned stainless steel with textured lower panels, mirrored upper walls and ceiling, and stainless handrails.
Bronze finishBronze-tone stainless throughout, matched to the building's lobby palette.
Lift cab with pale timber-look wall panels, full mirror above the handrail, stainless handrails and grey plank flooring.
Timber-look & mirrorWarm laminate panels with mirror above the handrail to open up a compact cab.
Patterned stainless steel lift cab with mirrored ceiling, downlights, stainless handrails and studded rubber flooring.
Patterned stainlessFingerprint-resistant patterned panels for a high-traffic shopping centre.
Lift cab with pale green back-painted glass upper panels, woven stainless lower panels and a large illuminated translucent ceiling.
Illuminated ceilingEven, glare-free translucent ceiling over back-painted glass and woven stainless.
Office lift cab with ash timber-look panels, mirror above the handrail, twin stainless handrails and large format floor tiles.
Corporate lobby cabAsh-tone panels and twin handrails for an occupied office building.
Lift cab corner showing pale green back-painted glass upper panels, woven-texture stainless lower panels and stainless handrail.
Back-painted glassGlass upper panels over woven stainless, with a tiled floor matched to the lobby.
Lift interior detail showing embossed diamond-pattern stainless panels beside a gloss orange accent panel and stainless handrail.
Accent panel detailEmbossed stainless against a gloss colour panel — a simple way to carry building branding.
Lift ceiling with an angular geometric LED light-line design, fitted during the cab build.
Feature LED ceilingCustom angular light-line ceiling fabricated in-house and fitted during the build.
Brushed stainless steel landing doors and frame set into face brick, with an illuminated ground floor indicator and call buttons.
Landing doorsDoors and frame reclad in brushed stainless with a new indicator and call station.

Modernisation

Before & after

Modernisation replaces what has worn out or fallen behind current standards, without replacing the whole lift. These pairs show the same equipment before we started and again on completion.

Landing doors recladded

A timber swing door on an overhead closer replaced with power-operated brushed stainless doors, a new frame, illuminated position indicator, and call station — the same opening, in the same brickwork and blue-painted frame.

Before Old scratched timber swing landing door with a narrow glass vision strip, overhead closer and a single call button, set in a blue-painted frame.
Worn timber leaf with a narrow vision strip, manual pull handle, and a single call button.
After The same landing fitted with brushed stainless steel sliding doors, illuminated position indicator and call buttons, in the same blue-painted frame.
Brushed stainless sliding doors with an illuminated indicator and new call station.

Control system replaced

Electromechanical relay logic — hundreds of contacts, every one a wear point — replaced with a variable-frequency drive and serial controller. Smoother starts and stops, better levelling, lower running costs, and fault diagnostics a technician can read.

Before Legacy open-frame relay controller with five tiers of electromechanical relays, contactors, ceramic fuse carriers and hand-laced wiring.
Open-frame relay logic: five tiers of contactors and hand-laced wiring, all of it a maintenance liability.
After Modern lift control cabinet with a variable frequency drive, controller board, maintenance control panel, breakers and neatly loomed, labelled wiring.
Enclosed cabinet with a VVVF drive, controller board, and maintenance controls — loomed, labelled, and tested.

Machine room

A geared machine and open relay frame make way for a compact drive on a new bedplate. The room itself is part of the job — walls repainted, ventilation cleared, and the floor sealed and marked so it can be worked in safely.

Before Machine room with a green open relay control frame, geared traction machine with yellow sheave, and diverter pulley set into a red plinth.
Geared machine, yellow sheave, and an open relay control frame alongside.
After Machine room with a compact drive unit on a grey bedplate over a red plinth, small controller, repainted white walls and a freshly sealed red floor.
Compact drive on a new bedplate, repainted walls, and a freshly sealed floor.

Car top safety

Older car tops often have no balustrade, no marked refuge space, and an inspection station that predates current expectations. We fit handrails, limited-headroom protection, a marked standing refuge to BS EN81-20, and a proper car-top control station.

Before Original lift car top with no balustrade or refuge marking, an old inspection button station, alarm bell and a bare lamp.
No balustrade, no marked refuge space, and a dated inspection station.
After Upgraded car top with a yellow handrail balustrade, red buffer, no-standing plates, marked safe refuge space decal and a yellow inspection control station.
Handrail balustrade, marked refuge space, buffer, and a new inspection control station.

Shaft, pit & machine room

Safety, survey & site work

The work passengers never see. Refuge spaces, bumping poles, buffers, and governor equipment installed to current standards — plus the survey and installation stages in between.

Car top with a yellow limited-headroom barrier, green safe refuge space decal for one standing person, and an orange inspection control station.
Safe refuge spaceLimited-headroom barrier and marked refuge to DIN 51130 R9 and BS EN81-20:2014.
Lift pit with a yellow bumping pole and folding pit ladder, instruction signage, red buffer and a sealed pit floor.
Pit bumping poleMechanical pit protection interlocked with inspection control, with procedure signage at the access point.
Sealed lift pit with two red buffers on mounting plates, guide shoes, governor tension sheave and conduit runs.
Buffers & tension sheaveBuffers set to level and the governor tension assembly fitted, with the pit sealed and painted.
Machine room floor with a yellow diverter sheave set into a red plinth and an overspeed governor on its stand against the wall.
Governor & diverter sheaveDiverter pulley and overspeed governor with the floor sealed and edges marked.
Close-up of a traction sheave with five hoisting ropes seated in the grooves, gearbox and motor behind.
Ropes & sheave groovesHoisting ropes seated evenly across the sheave grooves — checked on every service.
Lift cab mid-refurbishment with wall panels fitted and a loom of travelling cable wiring coiled on the floor awaiting termination.
Rewiring the carTravelling cable run into the car, ready for terminating and testing.
Lift cab due for refurbishment with scratched dark timber panels and a dated car operating panel, new stainless panels waiting outside the open door.
Due for refurbishmentScratched panels and a dated operating panel, with replacement stainless delivered to site.
Lift cab with timber-look wall panels, aluminium trim, ceiling downlights, capacity plate and tiled flooring.
Existing cab recordedPanel layout, capacity plate, and finishes noted during survey.

Industrial

Goods hoists

Purpose-built goods hoists for factory and warehouse use — structural shaft steelwork, folding landing doors, payload-rated cars, and guarded drive equipment, through to controls, pit works, and car top safety.

Fabricated black steel goods hoist shaft structure erected inside a working factory, with scaffolding around it during installation.
Shaft steelwork erectedStructural guide frame built and set plumb on site, inside an operating factory.
Blue folding goods hoist landing door with yellow trim, wired glass vision panel, 1500 kg payload notice and a call panel with position indicator.
Landing door & call stationFolding door with vision panel, 1500 kg payload signage, and stop-switch instructions.
Galvanised folding goods hoist landing door with a call panel, no-passengers payload notice and hazard-striped threshold.
Galvanised landing setHard-wearing galvanised leaves with a hazard-marked threshold for loading-bay traffic.
Goods hoist machine room with a yellow motor and blue gearbox on a fabricated bedplate, yellow mesh sheave guard, control cabinet and sealed floor.
Drive set & guardingMotor and gearbox on a fabricated bedplate with a guarded sheave and control cabinet alongside.
Goods hoist car top with yellow safety railings, a red buffer, marked safe refuge space decal and a limited-headroom warning sign in a brick shaft.
Car top refuge & railingsFolding handrails, limited-headroom warning and a marked standing refuge to BS EN81-20.
Stainless steel landing call panel with a blue digital position indicator, red stop button and four floor buttons, mounted beside the open hoist shaft.
Landing call panelStainless faceplate with position indicator, emergency stop, and floor selection at each landing.
Open goods hoist control cabinet showing a Monarch controller board, maintenance control panel with governor controls, contactors and terminated wiring, next to a Hager distribution board.
New controller & DBMonarch control system with maintenance and governor controls, wired to a dedicated distribution board.
View up a goods hoist shaft to the underside of the car sling, showing hoisting ropes, guide rails, shaft lighting and safety gear.
Sling & rope reevingCar sling, guide rails and hoisting ropes set up through the shaft, with permanent shaft lighting fitted.
Galvanised goods hoist car interior with a concertina gate, chequer plate floor, LED lighting and a 2000 kg payload notice with no-passenger signage.
2000 kg hoist carGalvanised car with chequer plate floor, concertina gate, and payload and no-passenger signage.
Underside of the goods hoist car showing the fabricated steel platform frame, safety gear blocks on the guide rails and a concertina gate at the landing beyond.
Platform & safety gearFabricated platform frame with safety gear set to the guide rails, seen from the landing below.
Goods hoist pit with two red buffers on stands, a sealed and painted red pit floor, drain, governor tension sheave and a green safe refuge space decal.
Pit buffers & refugeBuffers set to level on a sealed pit floor, with the tension sheave and refuge marking in place.
Goods hoist pit access with a yellow pit inspection control station, pendant stop switch, buffer on the sealed floor and a safe refuge space decal.
Pit inspection stationPit control station and pendant stop switch at the access point, with the refuge area marked.

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