| Are residential elevators worth your consideration? | | | | newly constructed homes and in retro-fit installations. |
| Maybe so. Ask yourself these questions: Does your | | | | Significant recent technological advances are providing |
| current residence have multiple levels of living space? | | | | smooth operating elevators at a surprisingly |
| Do you find yourself wishing for an easier transition | | | | affordable price and home designers are scoring high |
| between these levels even on the rare occasion | | | | marks with these cost effective solutions for |
| when you are NOT hauling the groceries or the | | | | homeowners. |
| laundry from level to level? Or are there simply areas | | | | Residential elevator design has evolved recently to |
| of living space at your home that can no longer be | | | | provide designers with great flexibility that |
| enjoyed because of disability? | | | | incorporates the system seamlessly within standard |
| Take just a minute to imagine the smooth ride of an | | | | frame and masonry construction types found in most |
| elevator from the garage level to the kitchen level in | | | | home construction. There are ultra-compact designs |
| about 20 seconds! If you have a multi-level home | | | | that can fit into a 34" x 34" shaft area. These |
| with this type arrangement, this thought has no | | | | compact units do require an additional electrical panel |
| doubt entered your mind! And let's face it although | | | | and mechanical device area of 16" wide x 6" deep |
| we all wish for eternal youth and perfect health, the | | | | that is generally concealed in the same shaft area |
| simple fact is that 36% of us may experience the | | | | and quite simply provide the user with maintenance |
| need for an easier means of egress between levels | | | | free use. There are elevators that can be installed |
| of our home in the future due to partial and | | | | inside or on the home's exterior. There are also |
| permanent disabilities. | | | | self-contained models. |
| Do you agree that the simple term "elevator" is most | | | | Where new construction allows for the larger |
| always associated with a commercial environment | | | | hydraulic drive mechanical unit, the designer enjoys |
| and seems to be "too extravagant" or certainly "too | | | | the freedom with multi-stop systems for increased |
| expensive for my modest home?" | | | | design with its installation requirements that allow the |
| Let us share with you some simple facts regarding | | | | system to be transported flexibility. The hydraulic |
| residential elevators that are designed for residential | | | | system has become attractively streamlined through |
| duty use to clear the air of the myths that elevators | | | | standard door widths and assembled in limited height |
| are for commercial use or "houses that are as big as | | | | areas as low as 8'-0" high. The previous designs that |
| hotels." | | | | incorporate pit design with mechanical access are all |
| Did you know that home elevators have become a | | | | but a thing of the past! Another of the many |
| standard design element in nearly 40% of new | | | | benefits of the residential elevators offers the user is |
| homes as small as 1600 sq. ft. in many regions of the | | | | speed control, ease of level finish adjustment, and |
| United States? | | | | virtually silent operation. |
| According to the American Institute of Architects, | | | | Perhaps your dream of an elevator in your home is |
| the median age of U.S. dwelling unit ownership: "our | | | | not such a stretch after all! If you're interested, begin |
| beloved Baby Boomers" are showing an ever | | | | your research today into the world of residential |
| increasing desire to incorporate elevators in their | | | | elevators. |