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Elevator House   (+11, -1)  [vote for, against]
Get rid of those stairs!

This is the idea; build your house around an elevator- livingroom.

Basement: the garage

Ground floor: the garden

First floor: the kitchen

Second floor: the bathroom

Third floor: the bedroom

Fourth floor: panorama deck

No walking, space saving and allowing you to use the emergency-stop button anytime you want to!
-- BartJan, Dec 13 2001

Such a house would enable you to install a fire-man's poll as a secondary way of getting about.
-- Aristotle, Dec 13 2001


fire-man's poll:
I like this idea because:
[ ] It involves elevators, which sometimes blow up...
[x]There is a large height difference so people will require my assistance when jumping out of windows
[ ] It has a big red emergency button, which is quite an exciting thing to press.

Sorry, Aristo! Didn't we have a rotating house design once? I suppose this is reasonably original. I only ask... why?
-- lewisgirl, Dec 13 2001


You'll need to ask [BartJan] for that. I was just suggesting a possible feature that such a building could support.
-- Aristotle, Dec 13 2001


I got this picture in my head of how this all should look, and a fireman's pole is just been added. Thanks [Aristotle].
-- BartJan, Dec 13 2001


<< There is a large height difference so people will require my assistance when jumping out of windows >> (lewisgirl)

Huh? Difference between what? And what are you planning to do to help? Defenestrate them, or break their fall? And why would they be jumping?
-- pottedstu, Dec 13 2001


Is a fireman's poll where you ask all the firemen their opinion?
-- angel, Dec 13 2001


hm, BartJan, the workings of your mind remain a mystery to me.
p'stu, they're jumping out when the house is on fire, and the height difference is between the ground and the floor from which they're jumping.
angel: yes, that's what I was getting at.

people just aren't finding me funny today. Arse.
-- lewisgirl, Dec 13 2001


Oh sorry I'm really really stupid. Curse you, beer! I will make you pay! I'll drink you all ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
-- pottedstu, Dec 13 2001


Yeah, sorry, [lg]. It's minimal-attention-span-day.
-- angel, Dec 13 2001


.......and......
-- po, Dec 13 2001


not the basement.....the ground floor to add fertilizer to the garden....
-- Susen, Dec 13 2001


I want a big house in the shape of a J for my name. I can make it into the world's biggest J-slide :) sorry that was random
-- jimithing, Dec 14 2001


Well [blissmiss], we could turn the concept around for you. Let's make the bathroom the elevator, so you'll be able to get everywhere with your disabillities.
-- BartJan, Dec 14 2001


But how would an elevator bathroom deal with plumbing issues?
-- barnzenen, Dec 14 2001


Store it in (hopefully very well sealed!) tanks, and dump it into the sewer system whenever the elevator hits the ground floor...
-- mwburden, Dec 14 2001


[lewisgirl], just for you I added security cushions on the floor...

And what about 'Elevation' from U2 as the theme-song for this house?
-- BartJan, Dec 17 2001



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