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Serving Florida
Accessibility Lifts Inc.
4070 CR 124A #1
Wildwood, Florida 34785
Tel: 352-399-2982
Fax: 352-399-2981
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A.D.A. Accessibility Equipment Basics
Vertical Platform Lifts
Not all manufacturers offer every feature and option. Always confirm details of your application with a local lift expert.

- Two person, 750lb. capacity limitation
- Code forbids floor penetration, but…two-story entrance lobby, hoistway on outside of building and incorporation into stairwell rating are acceptable
- Perfect mezzanine accessibility solution
- Available to serve elevations to 14’3"
- Code limits to 12’ – waiver required to 14’3"
- Available to serve two or three stops
- State of Florida requires all two-story buildings to be accessible… but not necessarily with use of an elevator
- Gypboard shaft sufficient with support in motor housing wall
- Can be installed in their own Plexiglas and steel/aluminum enclosure
- Hoistway or enclosure must be solid walls – no open rails
- Minimal 3" pit or no pit with stationary ramp
- Self-contained – no machine room
- Plain & functional or customized
- Upper landing requires minimum 42" enclosure
- Outdoor full-height Plexiglas enclosure with dome requires forced ventilation system
- Lower level automatic fold-up gates are not code compliant anymore
- Travel distance must be concealed at lower level with platform is elevated
- "Toe-guard" style is achievable with lower door or double gates
- Five square feet of "turnaround" space required at each entrance/exit
- Cab configurations: straight through, enter/exit same side
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