PILAWA Lifts

Above all, maintainability and spare-part lead times. The components are European and available on the market, so a worn part does not turn into months of waiting for a container. Second, documentation: factory drawings and diagrams arrive in a form you can actually work with during approvals and later in operation. The price is higher, and we do not hide that, but on a site with real daily use the difference pays for itself.

The lead time depends on whether it is a standard item or made to contract. A catalogue platform lift and a lift for a non-standard shaft are different cycles, and the difference between them is significant. We give a specific lead time once the specification and the builder's work drawing are approved and the factory has confirmed the dimensions. Until then, any figure would be made up.

Technically yes, economically usually not. For a typical apartment block with moderate passenger traffic, a standard Bulgarian- or Turkish-made lift will cost less and arrive sooner. Pilawa makes sense when the same building needs an accessibility platform lift at the entrance, a car park lift, or a lift for a shaft that does not match any standard drawing.

Often, yes - platform lift solutions were designed precisely for this. But the answer comes from a site survey: we check the level difference, whether a shallow pit or an access ramp can be built, the space for the enclosure and the power supply. Sometimes the podium or entrance steps have to be altered, and it is better to learn about such work before signing the contract rather than during installation.

The equipment is manufactured to European lift safety standards and holds approval documents from the Polish technical inspection authority. For putting into operation in Ukraine, a separate package is prepared: design documentation, the technical passport, installation and commissioning certificates, and preparation for the technical inspection. We handle this part ourselves - the client does not have to run between offices with someone else's drawings.