Attic elevator

This is how we built our vintage look bird cage elevator. (short version) First we bought a 110 volt electric hoist and secured it to a base in the...

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Attic elevators, also known as attic lifts & storage lifts carry storage items in and out of home and garage attics. Read this before you buy.

There are a lot of things in our everyday life that are holdovers from an earlier time that we continue to use simply because of inertia even if they don't make a lot of sense in modern times. Example...

DIY Elevator | Jays Custom Creations

Garage Attic Electric Hoist: If you’re like me, you have a lot of seasonal items for various holidays taking up space around your house and they only get pulled out for a brief time each year. You may also, like me, use the attic space above your garage to store these items an…

The lift carriage in the fully raised position

To minimize clutter, it’s tempting to store off-season items in a hard-to-access place like the attic. Out of sight, out of mind, right?But because of their location (at the tippity top of a house) and because many are unfinished and uninsulated, attics are prone to high heat and humidity in warmer months and freezing temperatures during colder seasons. Those unregulated conditions make attics a lousy place to store a lot of the things you’re inclined stash away for most of the year.

A DIY attic storage lift provides a safe and convenient way of moving heavy objects to an unused space. Build one by following our full guide!