Elevator Installation
CHALLENGE: Provide a safe and easy solution for an 84-year old woman having trouble climbing the stairs to her second-story bedroom and bathroom.

SOLUTION: Install a two-stop elevator which travels from the main floor of the house to the second floor upstairs that will accommodate a wheelchair and caregiver.

The initial home assessment showed that a stairlift would be a possibility but there was a high probability that she would eventually be in a wheelchair.

The stairlift would need to be custom-made with curves to accommodate the various turns and landings and it would be much more expensive than a standard straight stairlift. When she reached a point where a wheelchair would be necessary, she would actually need to have two wheelchairs - one at the top of the stairs and one at the bottom.

An elevator was a much more practical solution in this situation. The extra cost of the custom curved stairlift and additional wheelchair put it more in line with the cost of an elevator and would ultimately be safer, less strenuous, and much more convenient (no transfers).

The client was adamant about staying in her home as long as possible and therefore an elevator made sense to her.


The shaft was built from the main floor up.


Main floor entrance door to the elevator.


The elevator was installed into the shaft and then finished and painted to match the interior of the home.


The doors at the top and bottom were trimmed in white like the other doors in the home.


The crown molding on the ceiling was also custom fabricated to match the existing crown molding in the room. The finished installation looked like closets at the top and bottom of the stairs.


It wasn't until the doors were opened was it apparent that an elevator lift was inside.

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