1 Scope
This document specifies the safety rules related to passenger and goods/passenger
lifts installed in existing buildings where limitations enforced by certain building
constraints mean that some requirements of EN 81‑20:2020 cannot be met.
It addresses the following constraints and gives requirements for alternative solutions:
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— existing perforate walls of the lift well;
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— reduction in available well are leading to reduced distance between car, counterweight or balancing weight;
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— counterweight or balancing weight in a separate existing well;
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— reduced building dimensions and clearances leading to:
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— reductions in available space for headroom and pit;
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— reduced car roof balustrade dimensions;
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— reduced height of sill apron;
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— reduced height of machine and/or pulley room;
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— reduced available area for access door/trap door;
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— reduction in available height of landing doors.
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This document is not applicable to lifts installed before the date of its publication.