Chicago Elevator Maintenance - Colley Elevator

Colley Elevator is an independent elevator maintenance, service, new construction & modernization company in the Chicagoland area.

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Old Elevator equipment & elevator maintenance

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There is a building in the close western suburbs that has an elevator from the early 1960’s.  It is a Otis traction elevator with automatic...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Proprietary Elevator Modernization Equipment

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I have been to a few elevators with proprietary equipment in the last week.  Both where two car buildings about 10 floors.  One was a Schin...
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Sunday, June 5, 2016

What documents should be in an elevator machine room

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With the new codes coming out that require different items to be in the elevator machine room there seems to be some general confusion of w...
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Sunday, May 29, 2016

Elevator modernization requirements – “work by others”

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Many times when we are bidding elevator modernization the building owners do not know what they are required to do.  Or the “work by others...
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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Cleaning elevator hydraulic fluid - Chicago, IL

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We maintain many buildings that have very old hydraulic elevator systems.  When you have old equipment you also have old oil.  Every 5 year...
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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Crazy dangerous freight elevator pit

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I got a call from a customer who has a building she bought from auction and wanted someone to meet a potential tenant to talk about their e...
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

Elevator modernization – Oak Brook, IL

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Before and after pictures of a project we did at a condominium complex in Oak Brook, IL.  The building had 1970’s vintage dover elevator wi...
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