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Home Elevator Installation

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Bob meets Mike Vogt (from Access Industries) and carpenters (from the Whitaker Company), who are installing a residential elevator.

A closet space is used for the elevator, but unlike most other elevator systems, there is neither a ‘penthouse’ topping the elevator unit nor a pit beneath it. Most elevators have one or the other.

This particular elevator operates on rails in the rear of the unit. A sling package stops the elevator from falling if the cables accidentally break.

 
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