Home Elevator Cost in Arizona

The kind of lift you choose drives the price. These are typical installed prices, drawn from ranges that several sources have published.

• A platform lift runs $5,000 to $20,000.
• A shaftless model costs $20,000 to $35,000.
• A small elevator runs $25,000 to $30,000.
• A traction elevator costs $27,000 to $50,000.
• A hydraulic one runs $25,000 to $56,500.
• A throughfloor lift costs $30,000 to $60,000.
• A pneumatic elevator runs $35,000 to $60,000.
• A glass model costs $50,000 to $100,000.

Nationwide, an elevator for a two-story house runs $30,000 to $60,000, per HomeGuide. Every floor beyond two adds another $9,000 to $15,000.

If your house already stands and you need a shaft built inside it, that adds $5,000 to $25,000, per Willow Home. Ask a dealer near you for a written quote, and it will show which of these costs land on your project.

Arizona electricians make a median $29.36 an hour, while the national median is $30.38, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Carpenters, the people who frame out a shaft or cut a floor opening, make a median $28.17 an hour in the state.

Arizona makes no exception for private homes. Every elevator must carry a state certificate of inspection renewed each year, and the rules cover platform lifts and stairway chairlifts as well. The Elevator Safety Section, an office within Arizona's Industrial Commission, oversees the state law.

Before any installation or change, your installer submits a permit application to that office. Then you need an inspection before the elevator is used the first time, again after any change, and once a year from then on. We could not find what the fees cost.

You have a choice between a state inspector and a private one authorized by the commission. You pay a private inspector yourself, but you won't sit around waiting on the state.

Any lift that went in, got fixed, or was changed on or after January 1, 2023 has to follow ASME A17.1-2019, the national elevator safety standard, and ASME A18.1-2020, the standard covering platform lifts and stairway chairlifts.

Arizona also has its own rule covering residential elevators put in after February 6, 2020. At each landing, the space between the door and the floor edge can't exceed 0.75 inches for swinging doors or 2.25 inches for sliding doors, per the state rules.

Individual elevator mechanics are not licensed by Arizona. Instead, the company itself has to be licensed as a contractor by the Registrar of Contractors. Here are the licence classes Arizona offers:

• R-12 Elevators: residential work
• C-12: commercial work
• CR-12: a combined licence

For a home, make sure the company holds an R-12 or CR-12 licence before anything is signed.

Two main kinds of help exist in Arizona.

• Medicaid long-term care: AHCCCS ALTCS covers home modifications that a member medically needs, at no cost to that member. There is no published dollar cap, and general home improvements don't qualify. See the AHCCCS policy.
• Developmental disabilities: ALTCS members who get services through the Division of Developmental Disabilities can have covered access items, a platform lift and a stair lift or stair climber, paid for.
• Loan: The Arizona Technology Access Program lends between $100 and $20,000, at a fixed 4.5% interest rate, typically paid back over 6 to 60 months. A bigger amount is possible if the committee signs off. See AzLAT.

Not sure which way to go? Phone us and we'll talk the options through with you.

One phone call links you to a nearby home elevator dealer, who will come measure your home and write up a price for you. Call now to start your estimate.