05-12-2009, 06:00 PM
The reason this is being proposed is that the users would be old and feeble. Any manual system would defeat the purpose of enabling invalids to move around easily.
I think that something could be built using a garage door opener but real human carrying elevators have a lot of safety systems and inspection requirements for a reason. People have gotten hurt without them.
A ramp, if made gentle enough, would be failsafe and still provide access to invalids and wheelchairs. One downside of a ramp is that it takes a large amount of space but this should not be a problem since in Puna most of the properties are large.
I think that something could be built using a garage door opener but real human carrying elevators have a lot of safety systems and inspection requirements for a reason. People have gotten hurt without them.
A ramp, if made gentle enough, would be failsafe and still provide access to invalids and wheelchairs. One downside of a ramp is that it takes a large amount of space but this should not be a problem since in Puna most of the properties are large.