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Go from curious to confident about your future elevator choices. Here you’ll find clarity; explore inspiration to nail your design, gather information about the process and have all your burning questions answered.

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Guidelines for Making Your Business Accessible

Ensuring your business premises are accessible is not only a legal requirement in Australia but also an important step in ...
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Signs It’s Time to Install a Home Lift

For homeowners, maintaining a comfortable and accessible living space can be a complex challenge, especially with advancing age or shifting ...
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The Role of Elevators in Australia’s Ageing Population

As Australia's population ages, finding solutions to support older Australians in maintaining their independence and quality of life becomes increasingly ...
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Lift Myths Debunked

Home lifts have come a long way in recent years, both in terms of technological advancements and their integration into ...
Innovations in Elevator Technology What's Next for Australia?

Innovations in Elevator Technology: What’s Next for Australia?

Advancements in technology have touched almost every aspect of daily living. Advances in smart home technology, in particular, have made ...
Should You Upgrade or Replace Your Commercial Lift?

Should You Upgrade or Replace Your Commercial Lift?

When considering the longevity of commercial lifts in your building, a question that often comes to mind is whether to ...
Do You Need a Building Permit to Install a Lift in Your Victoria Home?

Do You Need a Building Permit to Install a Lift in Your Home In Victoria?

Investing in a residential lift is an increasingly popular modification for a variety of reasons, ranging from enhancing mobility for ...
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How To Childproof Your Home Elevator

Ensuring the safety of children in the home is a top priority for parents, grandparents, and caregivers alike. With young ...
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2024 Interior Design Predictions: Embracing Boldness, Sustainability, and Technology

As we approach 2024, the interior design landscape constantly evolves, pushing the boundaries and challenging the status quo of what ...
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The Benefits of Traction Lifts

When choosing a lift for your residential property, there are a variety of options available. However, one type of lift ...

Platinum Elevators: A Headline-worthy Home Addition

Platinum Elevators has been at the forefront of the residential elevator industry in Australia for many years, and recently, we’ve ...
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How to Ensure Your Home Lift Will Accommodate a Wheelchair

There is a growing need for housing features that are wheelchair friendly. Homeowners and property developers alike are now increasingly ...

Things to Consider When Investing in a Home Elevator

Carving out the space for a meaningful home life has always been an important consideration. As lifestyles evolve and many ...
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How Do Hydraulic Lifts Work?

Hydraulic lifts are an essential part of many businesses, buildings, and other projects in Australia. They are a reliable, efficient, ...
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How to Plan for a Residential Elevator Installation

Installing a residential elevator can be a daunting task, especially if you are a first-time homebuyer. Fortunately, with the right ...
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How our Elevators Fit 2023 Interior Design Trends

With the start of a new year comes some refreshing and much needed new interior design trends to liven up ...
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How To Care For Your Elevator

If you have installed an elevator in your home or commercial property, you will likely be asking yourself what is ...
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Elevator Safety: Are Elevators Safer Than Stairs?

It's an ongoing debate in Australia, how safe or how secure are elevators in the home? Commercial lifts and residential ...
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Residential Lifts: Did You Know?

Years ago, it was perceived only the rich and famous could afford home lifts, but a residential elevator is actually ...
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How Much Does a Residential Lift Cost?

Wondering how much residential lifts cost in Australia? If you’re looking to invest in a house elevator, you’ve come to ...
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Which Type Of Lift Is Best For The Home?

Have you just come to the realisation that maybe a lift in your home is a reality, and not a ...
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Main uses of a residential lift. Reasons why people install lifts in their homes.

There are many reasons people install lifts in their homes, and some might even surprise you. If you are building ...
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Current home design trends and how to match your residential lift type

How do you choose a residential elevator? Matching your favourite home design with your residential lift type doesn’t have to ...
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How to future-proof your home. Improve accessibility. Wheelchair lift in house.

Do you want to make your house a home that is functional, comfortable and safe? You may want to consider ...
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Things to consider when building a 2-storey home. Pros & cons of single and double storey homes

Are you currently wondering what are the main things to consider when building a house? The first thing to consider ...
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6 Reasons Why Installing A Home Elevator Is A Good Idea

Are you currently stuck in an internal bidding-war with yourself trying to decide whether a house elevator is a good, ...
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How many elevators are required in an apartment building?

As someone who manages, owns or lives in an apartment, it’s only natural that the accessibility and safety of the ...
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How Much Does an Outdoor/External Lift Cost?

Whoa! There are so many elevator decisions to make. Do you install a lift outside or inside your building/home? How ...
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How to retrofit a lift into your home

You’ve worked your whole life to get where you are now, and you’ve got a beautiful home to show for ...
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Ultimate Guide To a Stretcher Lift Installation

When it comes to the installation of a stretcher lift into a commercial building, you may have concerns about how ...
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Do this before buying an elevator

While elevators are common modes of transportation, they aren't quite the same as other vehicles. Cars are owned by nearly ...
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How much space you need for a home lift

You've been thinking about this moment for months, maybe even years. You've got Pinterest boards for days, filled with inspiration ...
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The Smallest Home Lift Sizes You Can Get

As Melbourne residential living continues to grow upwards, many homeowners are gravitating towards the idea of an elevator, but are ...
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The Surprising History of Elevator Music

Calm your nerves, boost your productivity and get you to spend more money… Elevator music is some powerful stuff. And ...
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DDA Compliance in Melbourne, Australia: What Your Business Needs to Know

If Australian DDA compliance has got you going ‘round the twist, keep reading to find some clarity so you can ...
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2021: The New Home Design Trends You Must Know Now

Times are changing (literally, it's a new year!) and this means that design trends are changing too.  We know that ...
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How home lifts work (and what you need for yours)

Cogs that turn with mechanical whirs. Bells which chime and whistle. Levers that pump and pull. Puffs of smoke and ...
Ensuring Accessibility The Requirement for Elevators in Victorian Schools

Ensuring Accessibility: The Requirement for Elevators in Victorian Schools

Navigating the school environment can be challenging for students, particularly those with disabilities or injuries who aim to participate in ...
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Fire Rated Elevators. What You Need To Know

A fire is the last thing any building owner wants to think about. When it comes to an elevator installation ...
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Are Elevators Required in Child Care Centres?

If worries such as lugging prams upstairs or children running and tripping on steps have left you wondering whether you ...
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How Often do Home Elevators Need to Be Replaced?

You’re ready for a residential lift to make your day-to-day life easier. You’ve found ideas of what you like, or ...
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How High? What You Need to Know About Elevator Levels

Size does matter. When it comes to your building’s elevator needs that is.  If you’ve ever thought that your space ...
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How to Make Your Home Elevator Your Own

Designing your home elevator should be just as personal as designing your home. After all, they’re part and parcel. Not ...
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How an Elevator Was Used To Create These Iconic Movie Scenes

From romantic encounters to action packed stand-offs, elevators have set the scene for some of the most iconic movie moments. ...
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Mezzanine Inspiration to Transform Your Home or Workplace

Are you trying to facilitate more space in your home or workplace but don't want to undergo a lengthy renovation ...
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Where is the Best Location to Install an Elevator in Your Home

So you’ve decided to install an elevator into your home. It’s great for accessibility, increases home value, and has countless ...
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Does your building need an elevator to support mezzanine access?

The short answer is most probably.  A mezzanine is an intermediate level between two floors in a building and can ...
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This is Why Elevators Are Adding Immense Value to a Home

We are seeing an increasing amount of news which identifies that elevators add value to a home (in Australia, anyway!) ...
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How much does a Commercial Elevator cost?

An elevator is an essential feature in most commercial buildings; both for transporting people and as an efficient way to ...
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This Lift is the Most Popular Lift in Melbourne

Style, fitout, safety, accessibility. These are just some of the factors to be considered when you’re looking to install or ...
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Here is The Exact Process of a Residential Lift Installation

A step by step look at residential lift installation. Once you have decided to incorporate a residential lift into your ...
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How the NBN Impacts Your Elevator

Be prepared for the NBN Whether we're ready or not, the NBN is currently being rolled out across Australia and ...
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ARE APARTMENT BUILDINGS REQUIRED TO HAVE ELEVATORS?

Are apartment buildings required to have elevators? The short answer is Yes. However, there is some important information you need ...
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WHY YOUR BUILDING NEEDS AN ELEVATOR

Are you looking to purchase a building that’s currently not access compliant, trying to rent out an existing building with ...
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GLOBE TROTTING: THE 5 BEST ELEVATORS AROUND THE WORLD

With over 25 years in the industry we’ve seen some impressive structures, but even these elevators humble us.. 1.   New ...
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HOW TOWNHOUSES WITH LIFTS HAVE EVOLVED ACROSS MELBOURNE

BACK in the ’80s and ’90s, townhouses were a fairly standard, no-frills form of accommodation. Slightly bigger than apartments, but ...
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ROD LAVER ARENA REFURBISHMENT

The refurbishment of Rod Laver Arena (RLA) is part of the $338 million stage two redevelopment which commenced in 2014. ...
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5 REASONS WHY YOU NEED A RESIDENTIAL LIFT IN YOUR HOME

There was a time when the installation of home elevators in the residence was either considered a luxury or a ...
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STATE-OF-THE-ART SHOWROOM NOW OPEN!

NEW SHOWROOM NOW OPEN! Platinum Elevators are pleased to unveil our new state-of-the-art showroom. Featuring 3 display lifts from our ...
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GLAZED METAL STRUCTURE SHAFTS

LUXURY DESIGN – GLAZED METAL STRUCTURES Platinum Elevators offer a HUGE range of luxurious custom designed Glazed or RAW Metal ...
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A WILIAMSTOWN GEM!!!

  CONVERTING A INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE INTO A FOREVER HOME After converting this historically aged warehouse into an award winning home, ...
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LOOK FOR PLATINUM ELEVATORS SIGNS IN YOUR AREA

DONVALE ESSENDON GLEN WAVERLEY HEIDELBERG SANDRINGHAM STRATHMORE BRIGHTON CAMBERWELL Our Location We are located at Suite 19/2 Kirkham Road West, ...
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RESIDENTIAL LIFTS FUTURE PROOF YOUR HOME

RESIDENTIAL LIFTS FUTURE PROOF YOUR HOME Not being able to access your entire home can have consequences that impact on ...
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QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS

At Platinum Elevators we hand pick the 'best of the best' qualified trades to ensure we maintain the highest level ...
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