Maintenance

J&J Maintenance offers a full on-site maintenance service and repair facility to funeral directors, public mortuaries, crematoriums and hospitals.

We can tailor-make our maintenance and repair package to suit any business – something that has led us to be successful in providing our services to a large number of independent funeral groups throughout the UK. Customer liaison is crucial and being honest with our customers has gained us their respect, and most of all, their trust.

Most common problems

The most common problems are when major component parts have worn unnecessarily through lack of servicing. Once equipment starts to wear out some operators become neglectful, which results in a shortened life span.

An annual maintenance service and inspection programme by J&J Maintenance Services helps to keep equipment operating costs low and increase longevity.

When did you last have your funeral, crematorium or mortuary equipment serviced?

Look at the damage to this Hydraulic Scissor Lift Trolley. The trolley was never serviced and collapsed with a deceased on board. How would one explain injuries to a loved one caused by such an accident? The simple fact is, had the machine been serviced this may never have happened. It has since been repaired and is now like new. It is now serviced annually to ensure this does not happen again. When did you last have your Funeral, Crematorium or Mortuary equipment serviced?

You might not realise that the average scissor lift trolley has a life span of 7 years. In that time it will perform in excess of 85,000 lifts and carry in excess of 6 million kilos.

Importance of keeping equipment in good working order

Hydraulic Mortuary Trolleys

Hydraulic mortuary trolleys require an annual service and LOLER inspection to comply with the Health and Safety Act. Some people think their annual insurance inspection is their LOLER certificate – it is not; it is just an insurance certificate which highlights faults, if any, and identifies what the trolley is.

The service and LOLER inspection procedure that J&J offers is basically the MOT certificate element, but in order to be fully covered and insured you need the MOT element and an insurance certificate. LOLER requires an employer to show that a proper maintenance procedure has been followed in accordance with an examination scheme every 12 months for these trolleys. If an accident occurs and no procedure is followed then they could be liable to prosecution.

Stretchers

Stretchers are used in all weathers and all conditions, to carry both the slim and, increasingly, the obese. e four main manufacturers are producing items to make dealing with bariatric cases easier and safer, but unfortunately there are those who continue to overload their current stretchers, and as a result they are causing damage to their equipment which is breaking under the stress. e stretcher then continues to be used and other components begin to fail because nothing is being serviced.

Eventually it breaks and is resigned to the corner of the workshop before it makes its way towards a bin. Don’t bin it – let J&J Maintenance service and repair it properly! We use genuine parts and have developed pattern parts which are stronger and have been tweaked to prevent future component failure.

Legislation

While stretchers have no particular legislation such as LOLER attached to them, they do fall under the Provision and Use of Work Equipment legislation. In short, these regulations require that the equipment provided for use at your workplace is suitable for intended use; safe for use; and is maintained in a safe condition and in certain circumstances inspected to ensure this remains the case. If you require any piece of your equipment servicing and inspecting then please do not hesitate to contact J&J Maintenance Services.

Maintenance

Most common problems

When did you last have your funeral, crematorium or mortuary equipment serviced?

Importance of keeping equipment in good working order

Hydraulic Mortuary Trolleys

Stretchers

Legislation

All types of funeral and mortuary equipment catered for

Lattice & fixed coffin biers

Refridgeration units

Folding stretchers

Hydraulic lifting trolleys

Mortuary tables

Church trolleys

Ambulance floors

Hydraulic floors

Morquip

Mortuary Solutions

Thomas EMS

Ferno

LEEC

Twigg

Audens

And many more