If you wish to stay in your home well into the future, the addition of an elevator may increase your peace of mind and provide a practical, long-term solution. Having a residential elevator installed can extend the useful life of your family home and create a means for safely accessing all floors of your living space.
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Planning Ahead with Home Elevator Installation
Due to shrinking lot size, the popularity of multi-level single-family dwellings is increasing. Bungalows are losing ground to two- or even three-story dwellings. If you plan to build a new home, you may want to consider how to leverage your available space and plan for long-term viability. Often this includes accommodating the desire to age in place. Installing home elevators during construction offers you increased mobility and convenience now and in the future.
Read MoreBobVila.com includes Symmetry in The Best Home Elevators of 2022
The Best Home Elevators of 2022, by Bob Beacham on BobVila.com has listed Symmetry as the Best Luxury Home Elevator.
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know about Home Elevator Installation
Home elevators provide assistance to those with limited mobility, create ease of access between floors, and serve as a design element to enhance the beauty of your home. Whether your home elevator installation is for new or existing construction, you need to identify the optimum location for the elevator in consultation with an architect, builder, and elevator contractor. As you look for the best place to install a home elevator, consider these important factors.
Read More5 Reasons Why You Should Never Use a DIY Home Elevator Kit
“Can I build my own elevator?” is a question we hear quite often at Symmetry Elevators. After all, DIY home elevator kits are available on the market. You can find YouTube tutorials for almost anything, so why not indulge your inner handyperson and install an in-home elevator yourself?
DIY home elevators are, unfortunately, not a good idea. We’ve already discussed why home elevator kits are not do-it-yourself in the past. Here we’ll go into a little more detail about why you should never use a DIY elevator kit.
Read MoreCustom Luxury Elevators for Home Use
Customization of a home elevator encompasses everything from selecting the material type and finish for panels, car gates, and fixtures, to choosing flooring and lighting. Symmetry is masterful at creating custom elevators for homes designed and built to reflect your taste and complement your surroundings.
Read MoreThe New Residential Elevator Owner Checklist
Home elevator installation is an exciting but sometimes complicated process. You’ll have plenty of factors to consider and questions you’ll want to answer. How much space is needed for an elevator? How long does home elevator installation take? How often does your new elevator need maintenance? The following checklist will help you stay organized and on-task as you choose, install, and use your new home elevator.
Read MoreHow to Determine Your Budget for a Home Elevator
Determining your budget for your home elevator may sound intimidating, but the process is quite simple. Once thought to be expensive luxuries reserved for the mansions of the rich and famous, today’s residential elevators are affordable necessities for anyone with mobility issues or who plans to age in place.
Read MoreWheelchair Elevators for Mobility and Aging in Place
Wheelchairs provide much-needed mobility to people with injuries or disabilities and may become necessary if you plan on aging in place. Whether you currently use a wheelchair or believe you’ll need one as part of your aging-in-place modifications, a wheelchair elevator provides access to all levels of your home.
Read MoreWhat is a Shaftless Elevator?
The traditional residential elevator is excellent for helping people access all levels of their homes but takes up a fair amount of space. Not everyone has the space to accommodate an elevator shaft, pit, and machine room. Thanks to the development of small residential elevators like the shaftless elevator, even small homes can be modified for people with limited mobility or people planning to age in place.
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