Delta Inclined Platform Lift
LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY / This inclined platform lift is ideal for making public buildings easily accessible.
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How do you know if you need a home elevator? As home elevators have become more affordable for the average person, many can have one installed in their house. Or, in the case of a small office building – four or fewer stories – an elevator makes transporting things between floors easier. But, if you’re considering purchasing a home elevator for your house or office building, two considerations need to be kept in mind: the cost of installation and the space. As a home elevator is generally slightly larger than a closet, does your building have space for one? In some cases, both the elevator and machine room need to be taken into account.
Home elevator can have a number of uses.
Even before deciding on where to place the elevator in your building, decide what it is going to be used for. Are people going to be using it? Is it for handicapped access? Are you going to transport furniture and other large objects with it? Home elevator designs include four basic types, and some of these will fit your needs better than others. Hydraulic home elevators are considered the sturdiest, especially in areas prone to earthquakes, and the design is the most spacious.
A traction elevator has slightly less space, but this design and hydraulic home elevators are better for handicapped access and transporting materials between floors.
If only one or two non-handicapped people will need to go between floors, a pneumatic lift home elevator is more ideal, as it takes up less space and does not need a machine room. In addition, if you’re trying to go green, an overhead winding drum elevator design will meet your needs. With all of these designs, some, such as hydraulic elevators, require a machine room and, when setting aside space for a home elevator in your building, this additional space needs to be taken into account, as well.
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Once the size of your home elevator is decided, contractors will need to help you install the elevator, as the installation, generally, isn’t a do-it-yourself project. Installation of most of these elevators – pneumatic home elevators are the exception – involves cutting out space in your home – or maybe adding additional space to the outside of your home for the shaft – and wiring the elevator properly. In following elevator codes specified by ASME A17.1 and state codes, home elevators need to be wired for certain features, including lighting and an emergency telephone. The machine room needs these features, as well, according to various elevator codes. To make sure that these codes are followed after installation, a home elevator should receive a yearly inspection.
