Home elevators
Home Elevators in Camp Hill, PA
Camp Hill, Hampden Township, and Silver Spring Township are the West Shore's established suburbs: brick colonials and mid-century homes in the borough, larger two-stories in Hampden, and newer homes on bigger lots out toward New Kingstown, with one in five residents past 65 and most of them owning the house outright. A home elevator is how many of them plan to stay in it. We install shaftless, pneumatic, and traditional elevators twelve minutes from our shop in Etters.
Camp Hill, Hampden, and Silver Spring homes
Camp Hill borough's homes near Market Street, Cedar Cliff, and the country club are mostly two-story brick colonials and Cape Cods from the 1930s through the 1960s, with the bedrooms upstairs and a stacked pair of closets or a hallway corner that a shaftless elevator can use. Hampden Township, around Good Hope Road and the UPMC West Shore campus, has the bigger 1980s and 1990s colonials with two-story foyers that suit a glass pneumatic elevator as a feature. Silver Spring Township, with a median household income around $125,000 and home values near $390,000, has the newest construction, where an elevator can be planned into the build or added to a finished home with the least fuss.
Holy Spirit, UPMC West Shore, and the Hampden Medical Center are all within a few minutes, which is one reason so many Camp Hill families decide to stay in the house they know rather than move closer to care. The elevator comes up when the stairs stop being safe but the house is still right.
Why Camp Hill homeowners choose us for an elevator
Twelve minutes away
Etters to Camp Hill is the shortest elevator drive we make. Multi-day installs and service calls are easy to schedule.
Three types, honest advice
Shaftless, pneumatic, and traditional. We tell you which fits the house and the budget, not which carries the highest ticket.
We manage the construction side
Framing drawings for the opening or hoistway, electrical requirements, the township permit, and scheduling so the elevator arrives when the site is ready.
Our own installs
Recent home elevators near Camp Hill
Our own installations in and around Camp Hill. When we have fewer than three in town, nearby work fills in.
Which elevator fits a Camp Hill home
Existing two-story home, minimal construction: the Pollock shaftless elevator, which rides on rails through a floor opening with no hoistway, pit, or machine room, in three cab sizes from a one-person Compact to a wheelchair cab. Or a PVE pneumatic elevator, a clear tube that stands in a stairwell or beside a balcony and moves the cab with air pressure, two to five stops, in the PVE30, PVE37, and wheelchair-sized PVE52, or the square PVE Cube. New construction or a renovation that can frame a shaft: the Savaria Eclipse, a finished cab in a hoistway with up to six stops, or the glass Vuelift for a two-story foyer. Wheelchair user: the PVE52, the Pollock Wheelchair cab, or a Savaria cab sized to the chair. The comparison page puts all of them side by side.
Residential elevator cost in Camp Hill
The type sets the cost more than the brand. Shaftless and pneumatic elevators need a floor opening and a circuit, so the construction share is small. A traditional elevator needs a framed hoistway and a shallow pit, and that construction is often as large a number as the elevator itself. Our written quote separates the elevator from the site work so you can see both, and it follows a free visit, or a plan review for new construction, within 24 hours. Financing is available. The FAQ below gives the broad picture, and our post on the cost to add an elevator to an existing two-story home walks through the factors.
How a Camp Hill elevator project runs
A free site visit to find the location, check the floor framing and ceiling heights, and talk through the three types. A written quote with the elevator and the site work on separate lines. Township building permit for the opening or hoistway where one applies; we prepare the drawings and file it, and residential elevators are exempt from Pennsylvania state inspection. Coordination with your contractor or ours for the floor opening or hoistway. Installation by our own crew: two to four days for a Pollock or PVE, longer for a traditional cab. A walkthrough, including the battery lowering that brings the cab to a landing in a power outage. Shaftless and pneumatic elevators are usually riding six to ten weeks after the order. Camp Hill is twelve minutes from Etters, which matters during a multi-day install and for service afterward; elevator service calls are a flat $295 plus mileage.
Drive time and scheduling
Camp Hill is about 12 minutes from our shop in Etters, PA. We group visits by area, so a free consultation in Camp Hill is usually available within a few days, and shaftless and pneumatic elevators are usually riding six to ten weeks after the order. Nearby towns we cover from the same route: Hampden Township, Silver Spring Township, Lemoyne, Wormleysburg, Enola, Lower Allen Township, New Kingstown.
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Also in Camp Hill
Everything we do in Camp Hill: stairlifts, home elevators, platform lifts, modular ramps, and repair. The home elevators page lists every town we cover for this product. Or get a price now with the online stairlift quote.
Straight answers
Home elevators in Camp Hill: common questions
How much does a home elevator cost in Camp Hill?
Shaftless and pneumatic elevators are the lowest-construction route and typically land in the low to mid five figures installed. Traditional elevators cost more because of the hoistway. We quote the elevator and the site work separately in writing after a visit.
What is a shaftless home elevator?
An elevator that rides on rails through an opening cut in the floor, with no hoistway, pit, or machine room. The Pollock is the one we install most, in Compact, Medium, and Wheelchair cab sizes. It connects two floors and runs on a standard circuit.
Can a pneumatic elevator go in an existing Hampden Township colonial?
Yes. A PVE is self-supporting, so it can stand in a stairwell, beside a balcony, or in a corner of the living room with the bedroom above, and the floor opening is the only construction. Two-story foyers are its natural home.
Do I need a permit for a home elevator in Cumberland County?
Residential elevators are exempt from Pennsylvania state inspection. Your township may require a building permit for the floor opening or hoistway; we prepare the drawings and file it as part of the project.
How long does a home elevator take in Camp Hill?
Six to ten weeks from order to ride for a Pollock or PVE, with two to four days of installation. A traditional elevator with a new hoistway follows the construction schedule, usually three to five months.
Ready to talk about Camp Hill?
Call and tell us about the home. We are in Camp Hill and Cumberland County regularly, a free in-home visit usually fits within a few days, and the written quote follows within 24 hours.