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As new manufacturers come into the elevator marketplace, the need to sell units will begin to outweight the functional safety and strict requirements for certified installers. The pressure will drive the lower end manufactrurers to offer home elevators to just about anyone. While there are capable contractors, there are also many more incompetent ones.

Having installed over 500 elevators, I have a good understanding of contractors and their lack of focus on specifics. If I had only 50% of the expenses that contractor spent re-doing hoistways because they could not read the plans, I'd be rich.

While I hope that direct sales of residential elevators never happens, I know the need and greed of companies when they get in a bind. They will make short term decisions that sell units in spite of the long term liabilities.

Keep this in mind. You would not trust a roofer or a carpenter to repair the brakes on your childrens school bus. Right? Why would you allow a plumber to install your home elevator?

Just like the (No name elevator company) guy; He did not know if his unit had a line rupture valve or what would happen if the line did rupture and cause the uncontrolled decent of the car and your family and remember the zip tie on the slack safety?

Elevators are not furniture in a box that only require a screw driver to assemble. Although I would guess there will be an internet salesman selling elevators in his underwear in india or North Carolina who will convincingly market just this application.

Be safe and think about what could happen.

Elevator Expert