The UK’s original independent supply & fit · London · Belfast · Dublin
Lift Industry
Specialists —Since 1986
Re-Ropes is the lift industry’s roping specialist — surveying, supplying, fitting and guaranteeing the ropes, belts, sheaves and terminations that traction and belted lifts depend on.
Survey
Measured first
Supply
Certified rope
Fit
Nationwide teams
Guarantee
In writing
- Est. 1986 · The UK’s Original Independent Supply & Fit
- Survey · Supply · Fit · Guarantee
- Gustav Wolf & Kiswire · Lift Rope Partners
- 365,000+ Metres of Rope in Stock
- EN 12385-5 · ISO 4344 · EN 13411 Terminations
- Certificates With Every Rope
- London · Belfast · Dublin — Nationwide Fitting
- A WH Scott Group Company
Trusted by
A selection of the OEMs and lift companies we rope for
Otis
Schindler
KONE
Stannah
Fujitec UK
Orona
KLEEMANN
Jackson Lift Group
Apex Lifts
Temple Lifts
Liftec Express- + 340 more lift companiessupplied since 1986
Services
One specialist. The whole hanging system.
Ropes, belts, sheaves, terminations, compensation and the machines they run on — surveyed, supplied, fitted and guaranteed by one accountable team.
Lift Re-Roping
Survey, supply, fit and guarantee — the original service
Lift Rope Supply
The right construction, cut, terminated and certified
Technical Services
The rope answers your competent person will accept
Sheave & Diverter Renewal and Regrooving
Because new ropes deserve true grooves
Terminations & Accessories
The hardware the ropes hang from
Compensation Systems
Balance for high-travel installations
Repair & Refurbishment
Gears, motors and machines given second lives
Belts & Re-Belting
Suspension for the belted generation
Specialist Ropes & Cables
Beyond the lift shaft
New · Rope Knowledge
Forty years of roping, explained with animated schematics.
Traction, construction, stretch, wear, grooves, tensions, governors — how the hanging system really works, topic by animated topic.
The Re-Ropes method
Survey. Supply. Fit. Guarantee.
The discipline that made us the UK's first independent supply-and-fit roping company in 1986 — unchanged because it works:
Surveyed before it's quoted
Ropes, chains, pulleys and sprockets measured by engineers — so the quotation covers what the installation needs, not what a phone call guessed.
Certified product, works-made terminations
Gustav Wolf and Kiswire ropes cut from 365km of stock, terminated in our Erith works, certificate with every rope and chain.
Fitted, proven, guaranteed
Nationwide fitting teams, operation checked under load, tensions equalised, paperwork emailed, the work guaranteed in writing.
40
Years re-roping the UK & Ireland
Established 1986
350+
Lift companies supplied
OEMs to independents
365km+
Of rope held in stock
Cut to length in our Erith works
3
Bases — London · Belfast · Dublin
Nationwide fitting teams
Products
365 kilometres of rope, on the shelf.
Suspension ropes in every core, high-performance and small-diameter constructions, OEM-compatible belts and terminations by the thousand — cut and certified same-day from Erith.
Suspension Ropes
The 8×19 traction workhorses — stocked by the tens of kilometres in fibre, mixed and steel core, from both of our rope makers.
BrowseHigh-Performance & Small Diameter Ropes
Steel-core and small-diameter constructions for high-rise, high-duty and machine-room-less installations.
BrowseSpecialty Ropes & Cables
Governor, conductor, coated, compensating and crane ropes — the rest of the shaft, covered.
BrowseSuspension Belts
OEM-compatible flat and chevron belts with the clamps and anchorages to fit them.
BrowseTerminations & Suspension Hardware
Sockets, springs, buffers and fittings to EN 13411 duty — thousands of pieces on the shelf.
BrowseWho we serve
From the global OEMs to the independents.
Otis to owner-managed — nearly the whole lift industry buys its ropes and fixings here, and has done for four decades.
Lift OEMs & Majors
Trade supply and re-roping capacity for the global manufacturers — fast quotations, certified product, nationwide fitting teams that slot into your maintenance programmes.
Independent Lift Companies
The independents’ rope department: survey-to-guarantee re-roping, technical reports your clients accept, and stock that keeps your contracts moving.
Property, FM & Housing
Straight answers for duty holders — condition surveys, planned rope replacement across portfolios, and documentation for LOLER thorough examinations.
High-Rise & Commercial Towers
High-travel, high-duty installations: compensation systems, premium suspension ropes, engineered replacement programmes with minimal downtime.
Cranes & Industrial
Crane ropes cut, terminated and certified — plus hoist and specialist wire ropes for industrial plant, docks and manufacturing.
Power & Infrastructure
Electrical conductor ropes and travelling cables — specialist cordage for power transmission and vertical transportation infrastructure.
WH Scott Group
Backed by a group built on safety-critical work.
Re-Ropes is part of the WH Scott Group — a family of specialist engineering businesses tracing back to 1897, spanning lifting, fabrication, inspection and testing across Ireland and the UK.
Est. 1897
W.H. Scott & Son Engineers
Design and manufacture of highly-engineered lifting and handling solutions.
Est. 1978
Hiltonne Engineering
Fabrication, design, engineering and erection of structural steel.
Est. 1982
Metlab
Engineering inspection, NDT, materials testing and certification.
Est. 1986
Re-Ropes
Lift industry specialists — ropes, sheaves, terminations and re-roping.
Est. 2004
Hutcheon Examination Services
Statutory examinations and proof load testing of mechanical equipment.
Group company
RHC Lifting
UK lifting equipment supplier and manufacturer.
Est. 2012
Infrastruct
Bridge and structural condition assessment.
Est. 2011
Workplace Inspection Services
South Wales engineering inspections — LOLER, PUWER, PSSR and COSHH.
Insights
Roping knowledge, published.
Guides written by the people who fit the ropes — standards, symptoms and straight answers.
Rope Engineering · 6 Jul 2026
When Does a Lift Need New Ropes? The Discard Signs
How to tell a lift needs re-roping: broken wire counts, diameter loss, rouging and core failure explained — and how discard criteria turn wear into a decision.
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Rope Engineering · 15 Jun 2026
Lift Rope Stretch: Why New Ropes Need Shortening
Constructional stretch explained: why new lift ropes elongate in early service, how much to expect, and why planned shortening protects the installation.
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Maintenance Practice · 24 May 2026
Why New Lift Ropes Fail Early: Sheave Groove Wear
Worn sheave grooves destroy new lift ropes from day one. How groove profiles wear, the symptoms to catch, and when to regroove or replace before re-roping.
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Tell us what your lift hangs on.
Send the lift details, the examination report or just the symptom — an engineer replies with a survey date, a price and a straight answer.