Elevator Maintenance

At Tradesman Elevator our goal has always been to keep the customers original equipment operating as intended. With over 50 years of experience working on old and new, state-of-the-art equipment, along with having the necessary tools allows us to provide proper service and troubleshooting. With the advancement of computers many elevators now record fault logs which record events and give us the ability to make adjustments before they are allowed to intensify into a loss of service of your equipment. Whether you have a hydraulic or traction, passenger or freight, commercial or residential, old or new, Tradesman Elevator provides the services your equipment requires to continue working its best.

Elevator Adjustments

We believe the better we are at our jobs, the more confidence you will have in your existing equipment. Tradesman Elevator can extend the useful life of your units while providing quality performance and we strive for our customers to have trouble free service. Elevators have many safety switches and systems which are necessary to allow passengers a safe and worry free experience while traveling to and from their designated locations. The maintenance, adjustments, and understanding of those switches and systems is imperative for the reliable operation of your equipment. Passenger safety has always been paramount to Tradesman Elevator.

Elevator Troubleshooting

Call Tradesman Elevator before you modernize your existing equipment. On well too many occasions, we at Tradesman Elevator have seen in our many years of experience that customers are being directed to modernize their existing equipment. We have allowed many customers to avoid costly and unexpected replacements of their elevators or specific assemblies by properly diagnosing the exact cause of the unit’s failure. Remember, your elevator was running moments before it failed and most often can be repaired without the need to modernize at this very instant.

Modernization is costly and comes with extended down time inconveniencing you, your employees, and your customers. Call us if you have issues with your Otis, ThyssenKrupp, Schindler, Kone, Dover, Montgomery, US Elevator or any others. We love a challenge.

Elevator Testing

Tradesman Elevator will keep your elevator in compliance with state testing requirements outlined in ANSI A17.1. We maintain a quality relationship will all inspectors and stay up to date with current test procedures and state codes. We provide Category 1 and Category 5 testing on traction, hydraulic, LULA, platform lifts, and dumbwaiters as required by the following state schedule.

*A category 5 test is only required to be conducted and witnessed on a hydraulic elevator if the elevator is equipped with car safeties, a plunger gripper, a governor, an oil buffer or an over-speed valve (pipe rupture valve).
** Includes roped hydraulic elevators and LU/LA elevators

Periodic test performed as outlined by ANSI/ASME A17.1