Planning a home elevator, wheelchair lift or stairlift starts with questions a brochure does not answer. How deep a pit does it need? How much headroom at the top floor? What electrical circuit? Which code applies in New Jersey or Pennsylvania, and who approves the work?
We built elevatorguide.com to answer those questions in one place. It has a planning guide for every elevator, wheelchair lift and stairlift we sell. Every figure in a guide comes from the manufacturer’s current documents, and the guide names the document it came from.
Who the guides are for
The guides are written for the people who plan and build these projects:
- Architects and engineers who need dimensions, structural requirements and code references to design around a specific model.
- Builders and contractors who need to know what each trade prepares before the lift is installed.
- Homeowners and families who want to understand what a project involves before they ask for a quote.
What each guide covers
Every guide follows the same written standard and the same order, so a fact sits in the same place for every model. A guide covers:
- The key facts at a glance: what the product is, rated load, travel, power and the standard the manufacturer says it meets.
- The models and configurations, compared side by side.
- Dimensions, capacity, travel, stops and entrances.
- Site and structural requirements, such as pit, overhead, hoistway and floor openings.
- Electrical requirements, such as the supply circuit, disconnect, lighting and emergency lowering.
- Codes and approvals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
- Who does what: the owner, architect, contractor, electrician, installer and code official.
- Common mistakes, and checklists you can print for the designer, the general contractor and the electrician.
- The manufacturer’s published warranty, a short FAQ, and every source with its revision history.
Equipment covered
The guides are grouped into three categories. Each category page has a comparison table, so you can compare the models side by side before you open a guide.
| Category | Guides include |
|---|---|
| Home elevators and through-floor lifts | Bruno Connect, Cibes Antera, Cibes Ascenda, Savaria Eclipse, Savaria Luma, Savaria Telecab, Savaria Vuelift, Stiltz Duo Alta, Stiltz Trio Alta |
| Wheelchair lifts (vertical and inclined platform lifts) | Bruno VPL-3100 and VPL-3200, Cibes Primo and Cibes Air, Cibes Symmetry VPL, Savaria Delta, Savaria Multilift, Savaria Pegasus, Savaria V-1504 |
| Stairlifts | Access BDD Flow X, Access BDD HomeGlide, Bruno Elan SRE-5000, Bruno Elite Curved, Bruno Elite Straight, Handicare Freecurve |
Looking for a model that is not listed? Use the “Send us a make and model” button on the elevatorguide.com home page to tell us what you are planning.
How the guides are sourced
The guides use current, official US documents from each manufacturer, such as planning guides, specification sheets and owner manuals, plus the official code text. Values from different models or document revisions are never mixed. When no official source states a value, the guide says so instead of filling the gap from a dealer site or memory.
Every guide lists its sources and its revision history, and every guide is checked against its source documents before it is published. No manufacturer pays for a guide, sponsors it or approves its content. The editorial methodology page explains the full process.
If you find an error, email info@mobility123.com and name the guide and the source. If the source confirms the error, we correct the guide and log the change in its revision history.
More planning tools on the site
- Elevator and lift codes in NJ and PA: what applies and who approves it.
- Glossary: plain definitions of elevator and lift terms, such as pit, hoistway, interlock, VPL and LULA.
- All guides: filter the guides by equipment type and manufacturer.
- Ask Elevate: an AI assistant on every page that answers questions from the guides. Its answers are planning information, not professional advice.
- Guide update emails: sign up at the end of any guide to hear when guides change.
Where Mobility123 fits
Mobility123 publishes elevatorguide.com. We are an authorized dealer for every manufacturer in the guides, and we sell, install and service their equipment in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
The guides are planning references, not engineering or code advice. Your design professional, the adopted code and the authority having jurisdiction (your local code official) decide what a specific project needs.
When your plan is ready, request a quote from Mobility123, or use the quote form on any guide.
