The scheduled servicing, and the labour that goes with it. A maintenance agreement buys a set number of preventive service visits each year, and covers the technician’s time for the routine work and the minor adjustments done during those visits. What it does not cover: parts and consumables, which are quoted separately, and anything beyond routine, which is quoted and approved before it is done. Damage from power surges, fire, vandalism, water getting into the shaft, or misuse is also outside it. Whether emergency call-outs are included or charged depends on the agreement the owners choose. One rule applies whatever the agreement says: nobody except the lift company may work on the lift. Letting anyone else touch it can end the agreement on the spot and leave the block with no cover at all.Is-servizzjar skedat, u x-xogħol li jmur miegħu. Ftehim ta’ manutenzjoni jixtri numru stabbilit ta’ żjarat ta’ servizz preventiv kull sena, u jkopri l-ħin tat-tekniku għax-xogħol ta’ rutina u l-aġġustamenti żgħar li jsiru waqt dawk iż-żjarat. Dak li ma jkoprix: il-partijiet u l-konsumabbli, li jiġu kkwotati separatament, u kull ħaġa lil hinn mir-rutina, li tiġi kkwotata u approvata qabel issir. Ħsara minn qabżiet fl-elettriku, nar, vandaliżmu, ilma li jidħol fix-xaft, jew użu ħażin hija wkoll barra minnu. Jekk is-sejħiet ta’ emerġenza humiex inklużi jew iċċarġjati jiddependi mill-ftehim li jagħżlu s-sidien. Regola waħda tapplika ikun xi jkun il-ftehim: ħadd ħlief il-kumpanija tal-lift ma jista’ jaħdem fuq il-lift. Jekk tħalli lil ħaddieħor imissu, il-ftehim jista’ jintemm minnufih u l-blokk jibqa’ bla ebda kopertura.