[Closed] So whats this I've found in my house....

Homebrew car lift?
edit: that was before I saw the pics.

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That is a Shatners basoon

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It's a vertical conveyor belt for harrier jets.

Thanks weeksy...obvious when you know how!

any ideas? It goes up into the second story above, with a similar control box. The trap door has all been boarded up now though. Looks like it has been like this for some time as this part of the house has been rented out in the past

coffee maker by the looks of it

Once switched on, you'll have to press the reset button every 108 hours.

Its something that goes up and down.

Was the previous occupant called Wallace? And did he have a dog?

Must be a dumbwaiter.

Vertical Stannah?

I think at one time it was a dumb waiter, the boxing to turn it into a shaft has been removed at some point.

How long have you lived in that house? And you've only just found this thing?

You can see where the boxing-in was, from the edge of the carpet.

What's upstairs?

It's clearly a lift of some sort, question what use for a lift in a residential house?
Was your house previously a business of some sort? (car jack?)
Where does it go to? is there a room above or just attic eaves etc?
Looks heavy duty and in good nick. Investigate selling it!

Mates dad has something similar to get him and his wheelchair to the first floor.

Here is upstairs

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I suspected it was a lift of some sort as the button on the right was visible, and thought something like a vertical chair lift or something, but it looks a lot more meaty than I expected

Selling it and getting some money out of the house would be a nice bonus, it is costing me a fortune to renovate...

Btw don't worry about the socket - I rewired 3 rooms yesterday - should really be filling / painting rather than ripping more stuff out

Wheelchair / disability would make sense - however there are multiple floor levels - no way a wheelchair could get there - in fact there is a double height step into the ensuite (leaky and knackered too) through the door in the picture.

Part of the project will be raising these floors to at least level of some of the house

Was the previous occupant a fatty?

How old is the house? Converted from what? Trapdoor would make me think grain lift or the like.

Re-reading this is in [part of] your house which was a garage? It'll be a stock lift for batteries, paint, gas cylinders etc which you really don't want to carry up stairs.

Step on it and say "Upstairs please Scotty"

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Looks a bit like a falling weight impact test rig for polymers. But it isn't.

Gigantic Pez dispenser?

Gigantic [s]Pez[/s] Pie dispenser?

We can see it goes up.

Have you checked for underground lair?

Mates dad has something similar to get him and his wheelchair to the first floor.

Lazy git....!

Gigantic Pie dispenser?

In which case, there's no need for it to have a Stop button. 😉

Document hoist, had similar in an old accountants premises

I’ve seen one of those control panels before - i can tell you exactly what each button does, if that helps?

DrP

What happens when you press up and down together? Does that open the hidey hole door to the dungeon?

Prototype Dropper

Does that open the hidey hole door to the dungeon?

benp1 ..that just makes you sound like a [s]curious[/s] scared teenager 😛 🙂

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I’ve seen one of those control panels before - i can tell you exactly what each button does, if that helps?

DrP

Surely as a GP, there's a £50 fee for that sort of thing? You could throw in a free prescription for antidepressants as a sweetener?

You could throw in a free prescription for antidepressants as a sweetener

Never use them as sweeteners. The don't work, though you care less

I know very little about the house 1930s. had planning in the 60s for a double garage. then at some stage the bit between the garage and the house was filled in with a two story extension which holds this 'lift. at some stage this was converted into a two story annex, and then more recently the stairs removed and the upper rooms added to the house and rented out the downstairs as a bedsit.

I've also found a small reinforced glass window type jobbie going from the annex toilet to the garage. the sort you see in car garages with an office. starting to think the back of the house was a business premise at some point in it's life.

anyway the exciting plan is to remove the lift build a laundry shoot from the dressing room to what will be the utility. this will also be my turbo area so possibly could put in some sort of.slide to make the trip down early doors quicker/more intresting

and I have found another trap door under the hallfloor but all it had down there was a rat skeleton and a 1970s Aston villa football card

Never use them as sweeteners. The don't work, though you care less

They are also zero calorie!

anyway the exciting plan is to remove the lift build a laundry shoot from the dressing room to what will be the utility. this will also be my turbo area so possibly could put in some sort of.slide to make the trip down early doors quicker/more intresting

Keep the lift, install spiral slide with lift betwixt exit and entry point. Obviously.

sadly it appears not work. not surprising given several wires appear to have been cut and tapped up. anyone got any idea of the age from the look of the motor? Or where any id markings may lurk?

Batpole? to the turbo room, where you magically appear in bib shorts and a retro cycling vest...

Is it for lifting your bikes to the upstairs store room / workshop?

Is it part of the My Hermes automated logistics infrastructure and delivery system?

igm - Member

Is it for lifting your [s]bikes[/s] Orange Fives to the upstairs store room / workshop?

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