Home Elevator Doors and Gates
Savaria Doors and Gates
How the elevator gate and landing door work togetherYour Savaria home elevator requires both an elevator car gate and a fixed landing door. The elevator gate (represented in green on the animation) is fixed to the elevator and travels with the cab. It can only be opened when the elevator stops at the desired landing. The elevator will not move if the gate is open.
The landing door (represented in grey on the animation) is fixed to the wall at each landing and must include the Savaria interlock system that prevents anyone from opening the landing door into the hoistway, unless the elevator is at the landing.
Gates and doors are a critical part of the safety of your elevator as well as the aesthetic for the finished look of your elevator in your home. If your elevator has only one entrance, you will need one gate. If your elevator has more than one entrance, you will need a gate for each entrance, and the gates can be a different style from one another if desired.
Choose Your Cab Gates
Savaria offers several different types of gates. Some gates are operated by hand, meaning that you will need to use the handle to pull them open or shut. Most clients opt for motorized gates which will open automatically once the elevator is safely at the landing.
Accordion gates fold up to one side and are offered in many styles. To meet safety code, they use a hard hinge to minimize deflection – meaning that the gate has minimal flex and remains rigidly in place when shut. Accordion gates can be manually operated or motorized for automatic operation.
Clearfold gates feature an aluminum frame with clear acrylic panels.
Visifold bronze gates feature an anodized bronze frame with tinted acrylic panels.
Panelfold clear gates feature anodized aluminum frames with 3 clear acrylic panels. The remaining panels are available in wipe-clean antique white, or bright white vinyl inserts.
Panelfold bronze gates feature anodized bronze frames with 3 tinted panels. The remaining panels are available in wipe-clean antique white, or bright white vinyl inserts.
Solid white gates feature anodized aluminum frames with solid white wipe-clean vinyl panels.
Perforated gates are made of aluminum with a perforated pattern. They are available in clear or bronze anodized, or painted black.
Bi-folding gates part in the center and fold to each side. The are available in stainless steel finish, or in architectural white powder coat paint. Bi-folding gates come with automatic operation only. Choose from stainless steel finish, or painted architectural white. Bi-fold gates are finished on the interior side of the cab. On the exterior side, the gates are not finished as they open automatically once elevator has stopped, therefore the exterior side is not visible.
Scissor gates have a vintage look and are available in black with manual operation only.
Automatic slim gates operate more like commercial elevator doors as they slide open automatically. When paired with the auto slim doors, they work together to provide fully automated operation in an elegant asymmetrical design (3-speed).
Auto slim gates are available in stainless steel, blackened stainless steel, brushed brass, and a variety of powder coat colors. You can also order these gates in metal framed glass. The exterior side of the Auto slim gates appear somewhat unfinished as they operate automatically and are therefore not visible on the exterior side.
Classic elevator look and feel.
Option of beige, architectural white, black, dark brown, light and dark grey.
Choice of black or white frame with glass panels.
Code compliant
Elegant look
Stylish options
Automated Doors
Variety
Choose Your Landing Doors
A landing door is required for every level/landing of your Savaria home elevator. There are critical measurements to meet safety code when choosing and installing a landing door. This is referred to as the ¾ and 4 rule. To ensure that your elevator meets this standard, Savaria offers several options for landing doors.
For the ultimate luxury, many people choose auto slim doors to complement their Auto slim gates. Paired together, they operate automatically like a commercial-style elevator, but with a much slimmer depth and threshold to suit a home environment.
Auto slim doors can be ordered with the same finishes as Auto slim gates: stainless steel, blackened stainless steel, brushed brass, and a variety of powder coat colors, as well as framed glass in stainless, blackened stainless, brushed brass or a choice of paint colors in powder coated frames.
An out-of-the-box easy solution to ensure safety code, and provide a modern, clean swing-door design for your Savaria home elevator.
The Luxury flush door is available in several sizes:
- 36" x 80" (914 mm x 2032 mm)
- 36" x 84" (914 mm x 2134 mm)
- 36" x 96" (914 mm x 2438 mm)
Minimum clear opening 34¼"
Luxury Flush Door Features
- Door Slab
The door is a heavy-weight slab (1¾”) paint-grade finish - Hall Call
You can optionally add the elevator hall call to the frame rather than installing it on the wall - Exterior Hardware
Add your own matching exterior handle - Drywall Pocket
To create a seamless look, integrated pockets in the included painted aluminum frame accommodate ½” drywall - Hinges
Concealed hinges for a clean look - Color
Low profile, white painted aluminum frame, can be custom painted on site - Interlock
Completely concealed electric Kronenberg interlock, exclusive for North America - Emergency release
The interior of the door includes a sleek pull-to-open emergency release lever for emergencies
How to make your supplied swing door meet safety code
If you want the landing door to look like the rest of your home’s doors, your local contractor can supply the landing door. However, the door must meet the ¾ and 4 rule when installed.
The easiest and best way to do that is to use the contractor-supplied slab door along with the Savaria luxury flush frame. The luxury frame comes assembled with installed hidden hinges and a template to install the door interlock, as well as the interior emergency release mechanism.
The luxury flush frame-only kit is available in the same sizes as listed above.
Please note that non-flush swing door installations will not meet safety code unless a door spacer is used. Savaria dealers cannot install elevators that do not meet this safety code standard.
How to choose
Check our home elevator configurator to see how the different gate and door options look on your cab.
