George Johnson Service Lifts

George Johnson started as a family business manufacturing lifts over 160 years ago, based in South London we have built a reputation as one of the UK’s leading lift companies.

Specialising in food lifts also known as dumbwaiters we operate across the UK. By partnering with the UK’s leading lift manufacturers, we provide a complete service from supply, design and installation of your new food lift to the ongoing servicing and maintenance and repair contracts and LOLER certification.

Our customers are the UK’s leading restaurant chains, hotels, private homes, schools, government buildings, food outlets and even the Houses of Parliament, see our testimonials page to hear what they have to say about us.

George Johnson’s team of lift experts will guide you through each step of the installation process to give you advice on what lift might be right for you. We offer a free of charge site survey, provide technical drawings and by working alongside your builders, our team of engineers can ensure your tight installation deadlines are met. Click here for our new lift guide and take a look at our blog post Thinking of buying a dumbwaiter? Here’s a few things to consider… to help put together your quotation.

We are very proud of the fact that we are the only lift company in the UK to manufacture manually operated Hand powered Lifts at our factory in London, the popular choice for private homes. We have a range of electric lifts for both Business and Domestic purposes from the smallest Microlift up to the largest BKG Goods Lift.

Aside from new lifts we also offer a wide-range of services, from simply providing a LOLER Certificate on your existing lift to removing an old lift or carrying out a major refurbishment with all works fully guaranteed.

Our premier contract customers benefit from a range of benefits including discounted servicing rates, free of charge LOLER certification, a 24hr callout service and much more meaning you can rely on George Johnson to keep your business moving.

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The Hospitality business is a demanding industry and having spent 35 years in it so far, one has to rely on key components to ensure we have reliability.

Well, George Johnson Lifts do fit very well in that equation. From the original lifts with ropes to the new heated ones these days, I can only say well done for the quality of the product first and as well for the technical support whenever it is needed and if it is at all needed.

We appreciate that George Johnson Lift understands our industry so well.

Chief Operating Officer - The Arts Club

We have been using George Johnson to install, service and maintain our service lifts in the Nando’s UK restaurants for over 20 years. George Johnson are a valued and trusted partner of Nando’s and continue to deliver an excellent service. The engineers are reliable and knowledgeable and build a good relationship with the Operations team. They consistently achieve a first-time fix rate above 90% ensuring our business is well supported when breakdowns occur.

Head of Estates Management – Nando’s Chickenland Ltd

George Johnson installed our 3-floor dumb waiter lift 40 years ago. Ten years ago we found them again and our lift is still going strong, beautifully maintained. Their service is exemplary.

Mrs R, Regent’s Park

George Johnson Lifts continue to provide excellent customer service with a personal tailored approach.

Ping Pong will continue to use their services as ensuring our service lifts are operational is crucial to keeping our business running smoothly.

Ping Pong

Working with George Johnson is nice and simple. From installation during construction of a new store, to onsite training and guidance to the stores crew and through to maintenance and compliance. Working with George Johnson is simple, easy and a pleasure – they are a well valued contractor.

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