Vacuum Elevators

The Pneumatic Vacuum Elevator (PVE) offers a fully transparent panoramic view without any obstructing cables, pistons, or shaft. This shaftless PVE is a self-supporting structure that simply rests on the floor with no pit required.

Installing a PVE in your home is much easier and faster than a traditional hydraulic elevator or residential traction elevator because there is no need for excavation of your foundation, construction of a hoistway shaft, or building out a machine room.

The footprint is minimal making less construction dust, creating less interruption in your life, and leaving more space in your home for living.

Eco-Friendly Elevator

Vacuum elevators are the greenest elevators in the industry. Their operation requires less energy than other types of elevators.

Home Elevator of Austin offers three PVE sizes ranging from a single-passenger personal elevator at 30”,  two-passenger at 37” with optional fold-down seat, and a 52” elevator with three-passenger capacity and wheelchair accessibility.

Why Choose a Vacuum Elevator?

• Compact Design: Pneumatic elevators have a small footprint making it possible to install them virtually anywhere in a climate-controlled area. With no shaft or machine room, PVE do not significantly reduce living or storage space. You can even install vacuum elevators on a yacht!
• Style: The glass tube design is stunning and enables a 360-degree panoramic view. For smaller spaces where visual space is important, the see-through design makes a room feel bigger as it does not take up visual space like the wall of an elevator shaft would.
• Safe: All home elevators are safe and have free-fall prevention. But by design, vacuum elevators cannot free-fall. During a power outage, the vacuum elevator will either sit where it is, if empty, or if you are in it, will automatically descend to the bottom floor as a valve slowly releases the air in the chamber below the cab with no energy needed.
• Energy Efficient: Vacuum elevators are air-driven and consume no energy during descent. The pneumatic pump that creates lift for ascending is highly efficient. So efficient, PVE come in solar-powered elevator models.
• Price and Value: Save money and inconvenience as there is no need for excavation, shaft construction, or build-out of a machine room. Here are more details about home elevator pricing. No expensive elevator maintenance required. Elevators add resale value to your home.
• You Can Take It With You: While adding an elevator adds value to your home when it sells, it is possible to remove the PVE and take it with you to your next home.