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bAzTNM wrote:A bit pointless really? Most tenements only have three floors. Most of them will be getting pulled down eventually anyway. Waste of money.
SomeRandomBint wrote:... The only way I can think of doing it, certainly in my close, would be an external lift shaft on the back of the building.
Bridie wrote:I remember a huge top floor flat in Clouston Street (either No 14 or 30?) which had a secret cupboard which took you up to a couple of rooms in the attic. Also up there was a door which led to a balcony/ roof garden. I wasn't tripping.
Bridie wrote:It's a pity that some elderly people who happen to live two up or on the top have had to give up their homes. Mind you my granny was climbing three stories well into her seventies so maybe it keeps you fit.
SomeRandomBint wrote:Sorry Eggman, I didn't realise from your original post that this was something that you were looking for advice on doing.
Right, if you're in an old-style tenement (I'm talking sandstone built here, or variants thereof), the trouble with going through the external wall is weakening the front of the building. You'd have to factor in the cost of putting in an RSJ as a lintel, plus the additional building costs of holding up the wall whilst it was fitted. Unless you've got a window you could go through (remove frame, put balcony out front, ramp from window sill down to floor level inside), I think you'd struggle to make it cost effective, let alone persuade the other residents to give their permission.
What floor are you on? Is a stairlift an option? If it's not something you need on a daily basis, I know that most of the major fitters of stairlifts can provide custom lifts.
HOWEVER
I live in a close which sees a lot of traffic, as we have a visitor attraction across the way from us. The owners (*cough* NTS *cough*) haven't fitted a lift, either on the outside stairs, or the inside. That makes me think that is just isn't cost effective. If a major visitor attraction isn't accessible to the disabled, then there must be a very good reason.
And the good reason ISN'T that I'd be whirin' up and doon the stairs in the stairlift when I was pissed ::):
The Egg Man wrote:Bridie wrote:It's a pity that some elderly people who happen to live two up or on the top have had to give up their homes. Mind you my granny was climbing three stories well into her seventies so maybe it keeps you fit.
Less of the 'elderly' if you don't mind
Seriously, I take your point about the exercise. My cardiologist agrees and most of the time it's OK but when something like a lung infection strikes, it can be just too much.
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