Comments on: DIY Dumbwaiter

By: Richarde Bauer

Richarde Bauer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:47:02 +0000

This type of dumbwaiter would be ideal if we can use it in our Animal Shelter.

By: Richarde Bauer

Richarde Bauer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:45:34 +0000

I belong to a group that is buying a commercial building and we are going to convert the building to a Animal Shelter. There are stairs to a mezzanine room that is huge and we would like to use it for storage for our annual Rummage Sales and our other fund raisers. How much weight can a dumbwaiter bear when constructed with a garage door opener? We store items in the plastic boxes you can buy at Wal Mart and wome of them can get very heavy.

By: Michael Davenport

Michael Davenport — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:31:10 +0000

I had thought of this idea for our beach house. I have the shaft in place, just need to construct the dumbwaiter. Do you have any plans, etc. I mainly wanted to know about the wiring, sensors, etc. Any idea of the weight restrictions with different hp units? We plan to transport groceries, platters of food, etc.
Thanks, Mike

By: keegan

keegan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:18:35 +0000

Do you have a drawing of what parts are used and how they are installed? Also how about any elevator laws that would apply.

By: Thermal_R50

Thermal_R50 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:02:35 +0000

This should be called the lazywaiter lol

By: Sidney A. Rader

Sidney A. Rader — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:54:38 +0000

Danny,

I had considered using a garage door opener to power a lift in my own home and was glad to find your article while doing my research. I assume it is better to use the quiet motor type opener. Did you use a chain drive or a screw drive? How did you create the stops? Are there any plans available for the eletricat components. I realize that every installation application will be different because of height and size ranges as well as weight constraints. Thanks for any information that you can provide.

By: Ben Erickson

Ben Erickson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:53:16 +0000

Hi James,
As you indicated, Danny said that the dumbwaiter he installed in his house, which is shown in the video, was not hard to do and didn’t require plans.

By: James Smith

James Smith — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:47:54 +0000

I don’t know why everyone is asking for plans, it looks as simple as pie. If you can install a garage door opener on the ceiling just turn it vertical and add a basket and your done. I am remodeling a master bathroom and included a laundry chute directly into the laundry room in the basement. I am now going to add this right next to it to bring finished laundry up.

By: Paul Wrolstad

Paul Wrolstad — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:11:54 +0000

I would like to have detailed plans of this project, soon if they are available.

By: Brenda Deming

Brenda Deming — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:24:43 +0000

Hi,
I’d appreciate it if you could let me know the types of garage door openers that work the best, the weight carrying capacity, and plan details.
Thanks,
Brenda Deming