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From CTV News (Bell Media):

"It might seem pretty rare to find a house with an elevator, but chances are higher you might find one in Calgary these days."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Age is absolutely relevant. Old people have trouble with stairs. Rich 30 somethings aren't buying elevators for the thrill.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had an elevator in my 4 story townhouse when I was 26. It was however really slow so I just ended up putting a keg of beer in it. Mobile beer!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How did it work, counterweight, hydraulic ram, chain pulley, or what?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most kegs just pressurize the beer, and use that for the extraction... But some use a hand pump mechanism, or an external CO2 tank.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Hold my beer, I'm goin in?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Reston/12070-Chancery-Station-Cir-20190/home/9216540

This is it right here and has pics of the elevator. The only thing I can compare it to is elevators I’ve been in when visiting family in Europe, specifically the Netherlands. Close the door, pull the gate closed, press button, wait 5 mins to go up one floor lol.

If someone left the gate slightly open you couldn’t call the elevator to whatever floor you were on so it really was kind of pointless to have.