Typical cost in Plano
Plano Home Elevators installs through-the-floor home lifts in Plano, the compact two-stop units also sold as shaftless home elevators. The cab travels on its own rails through an opening cut in the ceiling, so no hoistway is built around it, and models differ in how they cover that opening, which affects the floor space upstairs.
These lifts suit two floors and a small number of riders, and they leave closets and hallways alone. We install them in Plano and in nearby Allen and Parker.
The smallest units carry one or two people standing, or one person on a fold-down seat, and take up little more than the corner of a room. They are built for someone who can walk a few steps and stand or sit during the ride, not for a wheelchair. In a family room or main-floor bedroom, that footprint can sit against a wall below an upstairs hall or loft.
Larger platforms take a wheelchair, in some models with a companion, and add doors or a gate at each level. The extra size means checking the turning space in front of the lift on both floors, the swing of nearby doors, and the weight rating against the chair and rider together.
Some models carry a panel on the cab roof or leave a lid in the upper floor, so the opening is covered whichever floor the cab is on. That keeps the upstairs floor usable around the lift, but nothing heavy can stand over the opening, so rugs and furniture upstairs need planning.
A good route runs from a ground-floor living area or bedroom to an upstairs game room, hall or bedroom with nothing in the joist bay between them. Ducts, plumbing and recessed lights inside the floor are what to look for, so the ceiling is checked before a spot is fixed. A plan with an open loft over the family room can give a direct route.
A through-the-floor lift serves two stops and moves more slowly than an elevator, on rails fixed to the wall or a self-supporting frame rather than inside a built hoistway. Power needs vary by product: some plug into a standard outlet and others need a dedicated circuit, so check the model’s specifications, and ask how the lift lowers in a power cut.
The standard a lift is built to depends on how its maker lists it, as a private-residence elevator or as a platform lift. Either way, Texas law requires elevators, chairlifts and platform lifts in single-family homes to be inspected by a registered elevator inspector after installation, with the report going to the owner.
Some can. Wheelchair models have a larger platform and a higher weight rating than seated units. Compare the platform with your chair, and the rating with the chair, rider and any companion combined, before choosing.
No. These lifts are designed to sit on the finished floor. The slab under the lift and the framing around the upper-floor opening still get checked, and the opening needs headers like any floor cut.
For more than two stops, see hydraulic and traction home elevators; for a see-through cab without a pit, see pneumatic vacuum elevators. Every option is on the Plano Home Elevators home page.
Name the two rooms the lift should join, the riders, any wheelchair, and the street address. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.
Call (469) 797-0629