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I've been permission by management to have the back bedroom its 13 x 9.5 feet and worm / dry , I would like to have a fiddle yard be low it. I've seen Chadwick's helix but at 51inches diameter each their to big , today I've seen online a elevator has anyone got one or how much they are please .

Hi, i have a couple of Helix, 48 inch diameter, double track. Easy to build, but track costs mega bucks. However, you can treble that for the cost of, a mechanical lift. Really expensive. On the size you have, a double tier helix from fiddle yard would be worth considering. You would only need one track.

Between 14 and 16 hundred quid.

Haven’t got one.

Thanks for the quick reply's I'm not sure which way to go now .

If you are thinking of this one https://www.nelevation.com/ there used to be a considerable backlog, many months.

There is a YT video on how to build your own. I haven’t viewed it but I just know it will be above my pay scale.

R-

I assume you mean a Nelevator? http://www.nelevation.com/nelevator/ Prices are here... https://www.nelevation.com/price-list/

Edit: Roger has got to the post before me!

Neil, you can build a lot of Helix for £1400, and, this year.

Well, even you've got the money to splash out on one (and it meets your needs) they're not taking orders for the foreseeable future.

Alternatives seem rare too.

Okay that's that forgotten about then .

neil 60 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:50 am I've been permission by management to have the back bedroom its 13 x 9.5 feet and worm / dry , I would like to have a fiddle yard be low it. I've seen Chadwick's helix but at 51inches diameter each their to big , today I've seen online a elevator has anyone got one or how much they are please .

If you are talking about a two level layout with that room size you have plenty of scope to use the full layout length to drop down to a below baseboard fiddle yard.

Richard