Lift hire for your cabin at Lemonsjøen

Extensions, annexes and new cladding

A typical cabin job here is extending: an extra bedroom, an annex, a covered terrace or a higher roof. Then cladding, bargeboards and gutters have to go up high, and often the new has to meet the old right up at the ridge.

Carpenters and cabin owners doing the job themselves save a lot of time with a lift instead of scaffolding. The lift can be moved round the corner when a wall is finished, and it is ready again the next morning. If the team is working for several days, many choose a trailer lift that can stay on the plot for the whole rental period.

Large windows and glass gables

Newer cabins often have a full glass gable facing the view. It needs cleaning, sealing around the trims and occasionally replacing when a pane cracks. From a ladder it is hard to reach the top panes without leaning far out.

An articulating boom lift can stand a little to the side of the terrace and reach its arm up and in towards the glass. It is gentle on the decking, and you can get right up under the roof overhang. On a simpler cabin a trailer lift is often enough.

Lights, aerials and solar panels

An outdoor light on the gable, an aerial or satellite dish on the roof, a camera or sensor box under the eaves. Many small jobs like these get put off because they mean standing high up for a few minutes. If you have the lift in place for staining, do them at the same time.

Solar panels have become common on cabins without mains power, and as an addition where there is power. The panels are heavy and awkward on a ladder. In a lift platform, two people can lift them into place and fix them securely. Check the platform's weight limit before you load it.

Soft ground, rocks and sloping terrain

Around the cabins there is often heather, turf and large rocks, and many plots slope down towards the water. Lawns and soft ground do not cope well with wheel ruts, especially just after the snowmelt or a spell of rain.

A tracked lift spreads its weight over a large area and can drive where a trailer cannot reach. The Hered HA12CEA is electric and quiet, which the neighbours in the cabin area appreciate. If you choose a trailer lift, put boards under the outriggers.

Plan the route and the timing

The road into the mountains is long, with gravel for the last stretch and often a barrier. Find out how the barrier opens, and look for a place to turn with a trailer near the cabin. In spring there may be weight restrictions on the roads during the thaw, so check that before the lift goes up.

Outdoor work is best in the snow-free season. In winter the road and the set-up area must be ploughed and gritted, and it is rarely worth it. At Easter, in the summer holidays and the autumn half-term there are many people in the mountains, so an ordinary week is often easier.

Collect in Lom or have it delivered

In Lom we have the Dino 135TB and 180XTB trailer lifts, and you can collect them with your own car if it is approved for the weight. Call the Lom depot on +47 941 71 111. We deliver tracked lifts and articulating boom lifts from Lillehammer with our own transport, and you get instruction when the lift arrives.

If you also have work to do on a house or farmyard down in the valley, see the page on lift rental in Vågå.