Vacuum Elevators

Eco Friendly Elevator

The PVE is the greenest elevator in the industry requiring less energy that other types of elevators. Home Elevator of Houston offers three versatile sizes of PVE ranging from a single passenger 30” elevator,  two-passenger 37” elevator with optional fold-down seat, and a 52” elevator with three passenger capacity and wheelchair accessibility.

Why Choose a Vacuum Elevator?

• Compact Design: PVE can be placed virtually anywhere within a climate-controlled area utilizing a 360-degree panoramic view. With no shaft, pit, or machine room, these stand-alone self-supporting elevators do not significantly reduce living or storage space. You can even install vacuum elevators on a yacht! Learn more about small elevator solutions.
• Safe: 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. Here’s more about what happens when vacuum elevators lose power. Explore other elevator myths.
• Energy Efficient: Zero energy consumption during descent. Highly efficient pneumatic pump. So efficient, PVE come in solar-powered elevator models. Here is how a vacuum elevator works.
• Flexible Installation Locations: Because they are compact and free-standing units, there are many possibilities of installation location for vacuum elevators.
• Fast Installation: Depending on your home’s architecture, a vacuum elevator can take as few as 2 days to install and pre-construction is minimized. See more about the PVE installation process.
• Price and Value: No need for excavation or shaft construction. No expensive elevator maintenance required. Elevators add resale value to your home.

Note some of our images of PVE vacuum elevators on our website are older models that have the grid bars across the elevator doors. Newer models have no bars and appear as one sheet of curved glass.