Home elevators
Home Elevators in Lancaster, PA
Lancaster is our second busiest town, and the elevator work follows the stairlift work: Manheim Township alone has more than 10,000 residents over 65, East Hempfield is 27 percent past 65 with home values around $360,000, and the city's tall rowhouses have the stairwells that suit a through-floor elevator. The grey Pollock with the glass enclosure pictured is one of ours, in Strasburg, a few minutes south of the city.
Lancaster homes and where an elevator goes
Manheim Township's Grandview Heights and School Lane Hills, and the newer developments toward Lititz and Landis Valley, are two-story and larger homes with the space for a Pollock through a stacked closet or a PVE in a two-story foyer. East Hempfield, around Landisville and Rohrerstown, is the same, with a lot of 1990s colonials whose owners are now in their seventies. Lancaster Township, Willow Street, and the city's West End have older homes with high ceilings and open stairwells, which is exactly where a self-supporting pneumatic tube stands without a shaft. Farmhouses out toward Strasburg and Millersville often have a back corner where a shaftless elevator connects the kitchen to the bedroom above.
Penn Medicine Lancaster General and the Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in East Hempfield are a few minutes from all of it, and the elevator conversation usually starts with a stairlift question and ends with a longer plan for the house.
Why Lancaster homeowners choose us
Real local installs
A Pollock in Strasburg, a platform lift in the city, and stairlifts across the county. We can tell you about the houses.
Every elevator type
Shaftless, pneumatic, and traditional, from three manufacturers, installed by our own employees.
The construction is handled
Drawings for the opening or hoistway, electrical requirements, the local permit, and a schedule that puts the elevator in when the site is ready.
Our own installs
Recent home elevators near Lancaster
Our own installations in and around Lancaster. When we have fewer than three in town, nearby work fills in.
The home elevators we install in Lancaster County
Pollock shaftless elevator: two stops through a floor opening, no hoistway, pit, or machine room, standard circuit, in Compact, Medium, and Wheelchair cab sizes. The Strasburg install pictured is a Pollock. PVE pneumatic elevators: a clear through-floor tube that moves the cab with air pressure, self-supporting, two to five stops, in the PVE30, PVE37, and wheelchair-sized PVE52, plus the square Cube. Savaria Eclipse: a finished cab in a framed hoistway with up to six stops, for new construction or a renovation. Savaria Vuelift: glass, with the hoistway built in, for a foyer centerpiece. We are a multi-brand dealer, so the recommendation follows the house. See compare home elevators.
Home elevator cost in Lancaster County
The type decides most of it. A through-floor elevator, Pollock or PVE, needs a floor opening and a circuit, so the construction is a small share of the total. A Savaria Eclipse needs a framed hoistway and a shallow pit, and that construction can cost as much as the elevator. Our written quote lists the elevator and the site work separately, follows a free visit or a plan review within 24 hours, and financing is available. Broad brackets are in the FAQ. Two posts help with the decision: is a home elevator worth it and pneumatic versus traditional.
How a Lancaster elevator project goes
A free site visit, or a plan review for new construction, to find the location and check framing, ceiling heights, and power. A written quote. A township or city building permit for the opening or hoistway where one applies; residential elevators are exempt from Pennsylvania state inspection, and we prepare the drawings and file the local permit. The floor opening or hoistway by your contractor or ours from our drawings. Installation by our crew, two to four days for a Pollock or PVE and longer for a traditional cab, then a walkthrough including battery lowering. Shaftless and pneumatic elevators are usually riding six to ten weeks after the order. Lancaster is about 45 minutes from our shop in Etters; elevator service calls are a flat $295 plus mileage and annual service plans are available.
Drive time and scheduling
Lancaster is about 45 minutes from our shop in Etters, PA. We group visits by area, so a free consultation in Lancaster 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: Manheim Township, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster Township, Lititz, Millersville, Willow Street, Strasburg.
Google reviews
What customers near Lancaster say
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Other home elevators pages nearby
- Home elevators in Lititz, PA
- Home elevators in York, PA
- Home elevators in Hershey, PA
- Home elevators in West Chester, PA
Also in Lancaster
- Stairlifts in Lancaster, PA
- Curved stairlifts in Lancaster, PA
- Wheelchair ramps in Lancaster, PA
- Platform lifts in Lancaster, PA
- Commercial wheelchair lifts in Lancaster, PA
Everything we do in Lancaster: 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 Lancaster: common questions
How much does a home elevator cost in Lancaster County?
Shaftless and pneumatic elevators typically land in the low to mid five figures installed. Traditional in-shaft elevators cost more because the hoistway has to be built. We give a written quote that separates the elevator from the construction.
Can a through-floor elevator go in a Lancaster city rowhouse?
Often, yes. A PVE stands in an open stairwell or beside a landing with the floor opening as the only construction, and a Pollock uses a stacked closet or a corner of two rooms. We check the joists and ceiling heights at the visit.
Which elevator do you recommend for a Manheim Township colonial?
Usually a Pollock for two floors with the least construction, or a PVE where a two-story foyer makes the glass tube a feature. For a wheelchair user, the PVE52 or the Pollock Wheelchair cab.
Do you work with builders on new homes in East Hempfield?
Yes. We quote from plans, provide hoistway and electrical requirements, and coordinate the install with the construction schedule.
Do you service home elevators in Lancaster?
Yes, ours and most other residential brands. Service calls are a flat $295 plus mileage, and annual plans are available.
Ready to talk about Lancaster?
Call and tell us about the home. We are in Lancaster and Lancaster County regularly, a free in-home visit usually fits within a few days, and the written quote follows within 24 hours.