History / Testimonials

The carpet business was established in 1990, trading from a converted old cinema. Originally mostly remnants were stocked, but as the business grew so did the amount of roll stock, until at least 70 rolls of carpet and 30 rolls of vinyl were regularly stocked. This created the problem of lifting or winding heavy rolls onto wall stands and free standing racks.

The Easilift was first constructed about 10 years ago from an idea developed by Norman Fry to help load rolls onto racks and reduce the risk of injury to the staff employed by his business.

The main factor in the daily use of the machine was the continued health and safety aspect of staff in loading heavy rolls of carpet and particularly vinyl onto the display stands. Rolls, 4l metres wide and 30 metres in length, weighed anything up to 240 kg and put staff at risk of injury and, in today's climate, the potential for an injury claim and time off work.

The original design of the machine has been extensively improved over the years. The daily use of the machine provided much information on how the machine could be of use within the carpet industry and was further developed until we had the final design, which we have now manufactured.

The Easilift has been designed and constructed so it can be used safely. After being in daily use for nine years all the health and safety hazards have been identified, the risks have been assessed, the machine extensively tested and certificated by a person with authority and the Easilift made as easy to use and safe as possible.

"Probably the biggest thing to hit the carpet industry since Spangler invented the electric vacuum cleaner"

Visit our new Easilift Machine website