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How to Install a Shaftless Elevator In Your House

Incredibly, there are now companies that make shaftless, retrofittable elevators designed for domestic use.

For wheelchair users and people with mobility issues, this type of elevator provides a relatively affordable way to provide stair-free access between two floors, with vastly reduced construction costs versus adding a conventional elevator and shaft (if your local building codes would even allow that).

One such model is the Stiltz Trio Alta, which runs about $35,000, uninstalled. Zack of JerryRigEverything, whose wife Cambry is a wheelchair user, purchased one. To save some money on the installation, he DIY'ed it with a couple of guys. Admittedly I can’t tell if they’re buddies or contractors, but Zack did more than his fair share of the work, and as always, made it look easy:

All told, it took the three guys “about 2 days for the construction and framing, and another 2 days for the lift assembly,” Zack writes. “But I think it turned out pretty cool.” Agreed!