Home elevator guides
PrivateElevators has 8 guides on private residential elevators and home lifts: dealers, installers and service companies, grouped by country.
General
- Home Elevator Brands Compared: Makers, Models and Drive Types
A plain comparison of the main home lift makers, including Savaria, Stiltz, PVE, Inclinator, Cibes, Aritco, Garaventa, Lifton, Stannah, Terry, Acorn and Handicare, with their models and drive types.
- Home Elevator Cost Guide: Prices by Lift Type and Country
Published guides put a two-stop US home elevator at $30,000 to $60,000 installed. This guide gives sourced price ranges for elevators, through-floor lifts, vacuum lifts, platform lifts and stairlifts in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.
- Home Elevator Design Ideas and Planning Dimensions for Architects
Cab finishes, glass and panoramic lifts, gates and landing doors, and where to put the shaft, with the typical pit, overhead, footprint and machine room sizes that makers publish.
- Home Elevator Maintenance: Schedules, Contracts and Checks
How often a home elevator or lift needs a service, what a service contract should cover, when a thorough examination or inspection applies, what you can check yourself, and how maintenance links to the warranty.
- Home Elevator Permits and Codes by Country
Which safety codes apply to home elevators, platform lifts and stairlifts in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia, who issues permits, who inspects, and the door-gap rule that protects children.
- Does a Home Elevator Add Resale Value? Ageing in Place, Tax and Grants
What the evidence says about home elevators and resale value, why they matter for ageing in place, and the tax rules and grants in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.
- How to Choose a Home Elevator Installer
How to vet a home elevator dealer or installer: licences, certifications, factory authorisation, insurance, references, warranty and service response, with the rules in the US, Canada, UK and Australia.
- Questions to Ask a Home Elevator Dealer
A practical list of questions to ask a home elevator or lift dealer at the site visit, quote, contract, installation, handover and service stages, and why each one matters.
Published by PrivateElevators. How we check each home lift company.