The Difficulties and Countermeasures of Installing Elevators in Existing Residential Buildings

With the development of the aging society, installing elevators in existing residential buildings as a livelihood project has become unstoppable. Based on the analysis of the current situation of installing elevators in existing residential buildings, it is found that there are four main reasons for the failure of installing elevators in reality: the fact that the interests of owners at lower floors are damaged and those of owners at higher floors increase, the reality of “one-vote veto”, difficulties in raising funds and uneven distribution of costs, and complicated approval of licensing matters. The author combines the successful experience of installing elevators in existing residential buildings in various places to obtain corresponding countermeasures, and it is hoped to help the development and implementation of this project nationwide. Keywords—installing elevators in existing residential building; people's livelihood; dilemma; countermeasures