Lifts for the cabin at Sjusjøen

Cabin maintenance

There are cabins of all ages at Sjusjøen and Nordseter, from small, older cabins to large new builds with tall glass façades. Weather and sun are hard on timber in the mountains, and many have to stain or paint more often than at home. With a lift you reach the gable and bargeboards without moving a ladder all day.

Other typical jobs are new gutters, snow guards, chimney flashing, roof windows and outdoor lighting. The lift can also be used for access when windows high up in a glass façade need cleaning or replacing.

Snow, ground frost and short seasons

Snow arrives early and stays long at Sjusjøen. That leaves a short window for outdoor work, and most people do the job in summer and early autumn. If the ground is frozen or full of meltwater in spring, it is hard to get a lift to stand steady.

If you are working in winter, the set-up area must be cleared down to firm ground. Outriggers on snow or ice are not safe, however hard-packed it looks.

The terrain between the cabins is often bog, heather and rock. A tracked lift drives more easily there than a wheeled lift, and it spreads the weight better on soft ground. See the 12-metre tracked lift or the electric Hered HA12CEA, which runs quietly in a cabin area.

The road up from the valley

The roads to the mountain climb all the way, and private cabin roads can be narrow and have barriers. If you are collecting a trailer lift yourself, the car must have enough towing power and be approved for the weight. Read the guide on car and trailer before you decide.

If you are unsure, we would rather deliver with our own transport. Then the lift is ready at the cabin, and you get instruction on site.

Also remember that there can be snow and ice on the hills well into spring and early in autumn, even when the roads are clear down in town. Check the road conditions before you drive up with a trailer.

New cabins and extensions

New cabins and extensions are still being built in the mountains. For carpenters and roofers, a lift is often faster than scaffolding when bargeboards, gutters and flashing are fitted high up. An articulating boom lift can reach over an overhanging roof or a terrace and in towards the wall behind.

If the team will use the lift for several weeks, it is a good idea for everyone who operates it to have proper instruction. You get the first walkthrough when the lift is delivered.

Nordseter and the Lillehammer side

Nordseter is in Lillehammer municipality and closer to town. Many of the cabins here are older and stand closer together, with narrower roads. The same applies here as at Sjusjøen: send us a photo of the cabin and the access, and we will find a lift that fits.

Many of the cabins stand in the forest. Check that branches are not in the way where the platform will go up, and that there is room for the outriggers between the trees. If the cabin is at Nordseter, see the separate page on lift hire Nordseter.

Choose the height before you order

An ordinary single-storey cabin with a loft is usually manageable with a 10- or 12-metre trailer lift. A large cabin with a high ridge, or one on sloping ground, needs more. Remember that the lift often has to stand some distance from the wall, and then outreach counts as much as height.

Read which lift to choose, or call +47 948 87 000 and tell us how high you need to go and where the lift can stand.