In 2026, there are three main avenues for public funding to install an elevator in a residential building in the Balearic Islands: the regional accessibility call from the CAIB (funded by…
Your elevator is out of service and someone has to carry groceries, an elderly person, or a child up five floors. Or worse: someone is trapped inside. The call…
Royal Decree 355/2024, of April 2, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), approves the new Supplementary Technical Instruction ITC AEM 1 "Lifts". It is the most significant reform of the regulations on…
Installing an elevator in a building in Palma without one—whether in the Centre, La Llonja, Santa Catalina, or any building from before the 1980s—is a…
The total cost of installing an elevator in a residential building in Spain in 2026 ranges between €25,000 and €90,000 in most cases. The price range…
A pneumatic elevator moves the cabin with air, not cables or oil. It creates a vacuum above the cabin to ascend and allows it to descend by gravity…
It doesn't have to actually happen to command respect. Just imagining it is enough to make you a little tense: you're inside the elevator, it stops… and it doesn't land on any floor. You can't…
Some signs don't need much explanation. You get in the elevator, press the button… and something's not right. It takes a while to start, it moves jerkily, or it seems like it's…
In many old buildings in Mallorca, a common situation exists: several floors, residents of all ages… and not a single elevator. What was once unheard of…
Being trapped in an elevator is a nerve-wracking, unsettling, and even frightening situation. While not common, it can happen in any building, especially those with elevators…
