You've confirmed your order. Your installation date is on the calendar. And now comes the question most homeowners don't think to ask until a few days before:
"What do I actually need to do before the team arrives?"
The good news: preparing your home for a Brio elevator installation isn't complicated. But a little preparation goes a long way; it makes the day run smoother, protects your home and belongings, and means the installation team can focus entirely on putting in your lift rather than navigating around obstacles.
This guide covers everything you need to do, room by room and floor by floor, before your installation day.
A home elevator installation is a precision job. The team arriving at your home is skilled, experienced, and well-prepared but they can only work as efficiently as the space allows.
When a home is well-prepared, the team spends their time installing your lift. When it isn't, time gets spent moving furniture, waiting for access, or working around things that shouldn't be there. That's time that belongs to your installation, not to housekeeping.
Good preparation also protects your belongings. The installation involves some cutting, drilling, and assembly work. Anything fragile, valuable, or easily scratched that's near the work zone deserves to be moved before the team arrives, not after something gets accidentally nudged.
Think of it this way: a prepared home is a faster, safer, cleaner installation.
Here's everything to work through in the days before your installation date.
1. Clear the Installation Zone on Every Floor
The single most important thing you can do.
The installation zone includes the area where the lift will sit, plus a working radius around it roughly 1 to 1.5 metres in every direction. The team needs room to move components, position tools, and work freely at each floor level.
Walk through each floor and remove:
If the installation is going into a corner, clear both walls that meet that corner generously. If it's alongside a staircase, clear the staircase landing fully.
2. Create a Clear Vertical Path Between Floors
The installation team needs to move components guide rails, cabin panels, and structural parts from the ground floor up to each level. This happens via your staircase.
Before the team arrives, make sure:
Some elevator components are long and require two people to carry carefully. The clearer the path, the easier and safer this movement is.
3. Protect Your Floors and Surfaces
Even a careful installation team moves heavy components and uses tools that can inadvertently scratch or mark surfaces. A little protection goes a long way.
Consider laying down:
This is especially worth doing on your ground floor, where components will first be brought in, and at each landing where the team will be working.
4. Confirm Your Electrical Connection Is Ready
Brio's home elevators run on a standard single phase supply but they need a dedicated circuit, not a shared one. Before installation day, confirm with your electrician that:
If you're unsure whether this has been done correctly, call Brio's team a day or two before installation. It's much easier to sort out beforehand than on the day.
5. Ensure Easy Access to Your Home
The installation team will be making multiple trips in with components and tools, out with packaging and waste. Make sure:
For apartment buildings, check whether your RWA or building management requires prior notification for contractor work. If so, ensure this has been submitted and approved before installation day.
6. Designate a Waiting Area for Packaging and Waste
Elevator components arrive in substantial packaging cardboard, foam, protective wrapping. As components are unboxed and installed, this packaging accumulates quickly.
Before the team arrives, identify a space ideally near the entrance or in an outdoor area where packaging waste can be temporarily placed as the day progresses. This keeps your home tidy and gives the team a clear system for managing waste without it spreading through your living space.
Brio's team will remove packaging waste before leaving, but having a designated collection point makes the day significantly neater.
7. Secure Pets and Inform Your Household
Installation day involves unfamiliar people moving through your home, carrying large items, and using tools. For pets, this can be stressful and a curious dog or cat near a work zone is both a distraction and a safety concern.
Secure pets in a room away from the installation zone for the day, with water, food, and comfortable bedding.
Also brief everyone in your household family members, domestic staff, children about what's happening. Let them know:
A household that knows what to expect is a calmer, safer environment for everyone.
8. Identify and Share Any Home-Specific Considerations
Every home has its quirks. Before the team arrives, make a mental note or write down anything specific about your home that might affect the day:
Share these specifics with the lead technician during the morning walkthrough. Nothing derails an installation day faster than a surprise that could have been mentioned in advance.
9. Have a Point of Contact Available All Day
This is often overlooked — but it matters.
The installation team will have questions during the day. Small decisions come up: a minor adjustment to a door position, a preference about cable routing, a clarification about finishing details. These decisions need someone present who can answer them.
Make sure either you or a trusted person who knows your home and your preferences is available and reachable throughout the installation day. If you need to step out, let the lead technician know and ensure your contact number is with them.
10. Do a Final Check the Evening Before
The night before your installation date, do a quick walkthrough:
Ten minutes the night before saves an hour of scrambling the morning of.
Preparation is about making space and access not about doing any of the technical groundwork yourself. You don't need to:
Your job is to prepare the environment. Their job is everything else.
The Reward for Good Preparation
Here's the payoff: a well-prepared home means an installation that runs on time, with minimal disruption, and with your belongings intact and your living space clean.
By the time the Brio team finishes for the day, packs up, and hands over your new elevator you won't believe how straightforward the whole thing was.
That's the goal. And a little preparation the day before makes all the difference.
Questions Before Your Installation Day?
Brio's team is available to answer any questions in the days leading up to your installation from electrical requirements to access logistics to what to expect hour by hour.
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