When Elisha Otis demonstrated the first safety elevator at the New York Exposition in 1853, urban life and cities would be forever altered. Elevators were soon installed in office and apartment buildings throughout New York and spread to other cities starting the year afterward. It was also realized that buildings would no longer have to be confined to a mere seven stories in height, and the first skyscrapers appeared toward the end of the 19th century. Today, cities are filled with giant office towers, and every building has at least one elevator for quick and easy conveyance from floor to floor.
Elevators are complicated machines. Electromotive drivers that pull cars on cables and control the rise and fall of counterweights are in most cases, located in dedicated machine rooms at the top of the elevator shaft. Newer elevator designs incorporate self-contained drive mechanisms located within the shaft. Some elevator systems are hydraulic, and all modern elevators rely upon microprocessor control systems for their operation.
An out-of-service elevator is not a trivial inconvenience. In buildings with only one, that means a lot of trips up and down the stairs. Thankfully, it’s mostly residential apartment complexes or retail stores with two stories, at most, that have only one elevator. In large office towers and hospitals, there are multiple elevators so that the loss of any single one is not an onerous burden. But, the reduction of service still makes an impact, and the quick and effective repair of a malfunctioning elevator a vital need.
Elevator Technologies Inc in Arlington VA is one such business which installs, repair, and services elevators for residential and business clients in the Washington D.C. and Arlington metro areas. Certified service technicians are on call 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, and can work around your building’s daily schedule. Even if the problem is a minor one, it does well to have the car in question serviced before that minor problem becomes a big one. And major repairs can be handled in the off-hours so that no one car is out of service throughout the day, of course.
An office building and the businesses located within cannot afford to have malfunctioning elevators. A maintenance contract with a reliable service and repair outlet such as Elevator Technologies Inc in Arlington VA is an investment in the continuing smooth operation of your building. Click Here for more details.
