Lift rental in Gjøvik

When the plot slopes

From the centre up towards the residential areas on the hillside there are steep streets and houses on sloping ground. For a lift, this means the outriggers must be adjustable to different heights, or the lift must be able to level itself.

A trailer lift can handle a certain slope, but not any amount. If the plot is steep, or you need to go up a hill with no road, a tracked lift is often the answer. Our 12-metre tracked lift is self-levelling and runs on tracks over grass and gravel. For taller buildings we have an 18-metre tracked lift with outriggers.

Remember that the ground can be more uneven than it looks. An old garden may have walls, steps and terraces on several levels, and the lift may then have to stand somewhere other than you first thought.

Older timber and brick buildings in the town

In the older parts of Gjøvik there are many old timber houses, several with carvings, tall gables and bay windows. Maintaining houses like these is detailed work: scraping, painting, new window flashings and chimney flashings.

For jobs like these it is important that the platform can get close to the wall and around projections. An articulating boom lift or a trailer lift with a telescopic arm gives more flexibility than a scissor lift, which only goes straight up.

Many houses like these also have slate roofs or old roof tiles that cannot take being walked on. From a lift you can work on the roof without stepping on it, which saves both the tiles and your knees.

Large buildings and tall facades

Gjøvik has schools, sports facilities, a university campus and commercial buildings that are much taller than an ordinary house. If you need to clean glass, replace facade panels or install equipment on a high roof, you will often need a boom lift.

We have boom lifts of 22 and 28 metres, and the 40-metre ultra boom Roshow RST40E. It is fully electric, which means little noise and no exhaust when you are working right outside a building where people are at work or school.

At buildings like these, people are often going in and out all day. Put up barriers around the lift, and agree with whoever runs the building where the lift can stand without blocking escape routes or the access for deliveries.

Inside the hall

There are also many halls and workshops in and around the town. Electric scissor lifts from 7.5 to 12 metres cover most indoor work: lighting, pipes, ventilation, cable trays and shelving. They are narrow enough to fit through a door and can be driven while you are up on the platform.

If you are working outside on a tarmac area with a slight slope, an outdoor scissor lift is an option. It has rough terrain wheels and can be driven over gravel and uneven tarmac. The same applies to multi-storey car parks and warehouses with ramps between floors.

How to get the lift to Gjøvik

Most of the lifts are kept at our main depot at Hovemovegen 33 in Lillehammer. The depot is open Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 16:00.

We transport heavy lifts such as the tracked lifts and boom lifts ourselves with our own transport. You get instruction in the lift when we deliver, just as if you had collected it. Call +47 948 87 000 and tell us the address and what needs doing.

In winter there is often ice on the steepest streets. It is then especially important that the lift stands on gritted, cleared ground, and that the outriggers do not stand on a snow edge that could give way.