If your multiunit building has more tenants than parking spaces in your garage, it might be time for a little upward mobility. Car lifts can make the most efficient use of available space, expanding your parking area by adding another level. Here’s how car lifts use height to their advantage.
Think Vertically
Often, when we think of available space, we get stuck in a horizontal rut, believing the ground rather than the sky is the limit. But in most indoor parking areas with ceilings over 10 feet tall, you’re wasting a parking lot in the garage’s air space, so to speak. With a car lift, you can install a second floor of parking—and sometimes more—almost anywhere. Car lifts and other mechanical parking systems put cars above other cars with no risk of danger or potential accidents. Plus, if local building codes demand that you provide more parking spaces for your tenants and visitors, car lifts are the easiest solutions. Vertical is the way to go!
Save on Construction Costs
Let’s say business is good and the number of worker, tenants, or visiting customers in your building has increased exponentially. Suddenly, your parking garage is looking like a mall lot on Black Friday. Perhaps you have room nearby to build a new lot or garage, but you hesitate when you consider the time, expense, and hassle of constructing a new garage and outfitting it with lighting, ventilation, and fire safety equipment. Car lifts and similar mechanical parking systems use height to their advantage, adding parking spaces without any new construction. You won’t have to make any major changes or renovations to your existing space, either. You can quickly install and implement car lifts without needing to demolish or replace the walls or raise the ceiling.
Protection Aplenty
Generally, bumps and dings are commonplace in any garage, but when cars are raised up with mechanical parking systems, they’re kept out of harm’s way. Other car doors won’t swing open and damage them, and their bumpers are safe from passing, turning, and exiting vehicles. Elevation adds a whole new level of protection from thieves and break-ins as well. Cars that are difficult to reach make less tempting targets for crooks looking for expensive commodities or a quick buck.