Model: 4-Person (750-pound capacity)
Track: 100' at 36°
Area: Crystal Beach, Lake Erie
Year: 2013
“Absolutely the best investment I made after I bought my beach home. My parents are elderly and would not have been able to navigate the stairs to the beach. With this lift that John and his incredible crew installed for us, we can all enjoy the sun, sand, and surf. Thanks again.”
What an absolutely gorgeous view. This is one of the few build sites where we could see water disappear over the curve of the earth.
We discussed putting the track here or about 8' further to our left, where it would have been less steep and closer to the ground. We also discussed a cantilevered upper access platform that would have allowed the lift to land level with the deck, shortening the lift by a few feet, lowering the height of the motor house cover, and eliminating the steps.
Bruno opted for this layout, setting it off to one side and out of the view, and for climbing a few steps rather than walking onto a cantilevered platform.
This was our first lift on Lake Erie and one of our first builds on a steep, fragile slope. We laid ladders down on the slope to protect it during the construction phase and we were astonished at how little damage we did to the hillside building the lift.
Because the static and dynamic loads from the lift are small, and because our track and trestle design create no torque forces on the lift’s foundations, our track actually increases the stability of the slope.
Inclined lifts are actually much better than stairs at protecting the environment in many ways and, once they understand the benefits, Conservation Authorities love them.
It’s 90 seconds of easy riding, not six flights of challenging stair climbing, to get back the lakehouse. Now the three generations of this family and their guests “can all enjoy the sun, sand, and surf”.
People buy lifts so they can have easy access to their lakeside and their lakeside homes for the rest of their lives. They buy Inclined Elevation lifts because we don’t cut corners in design, manufacturing, on-site construction, and ongoing service.