# Separate an installed home elevator from a future provision.

A home elevator plan page should distinguish installed equipment from a specified system, documented provisions and unverified space. Name the served levels only when records support them. AgAI Labs recommends matching each public sentence to equipment and specialist evidence, with inspection questions kept separate from claims about future installation.

## Which elevator status should your plan page show?

Choose a status before writing the feature headline. A plan symbol can show design intent without establishing installed equipment. A photograph can show part of an installation without identifying the complete system. Your public page should tell buyers what the current records establish and what still needs review.

Use the four editorial states below to organize the evidence. These are proposed content labels, not regulatory categories or manufacturer classifications. Choose wording that matches your actual records. If the source does not distinguish the states, hold the broader elevator claim while the responsible reviewer resolves it.

| State | Evidence to request | Public wording boundary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Installed | Current installation record, equipment identity and confirmed served levels | Describe the recorded installation without an unsupported safety or usability assurance |
| Specified | Current equipment selection and applicable project specification | Identify the specified system without implying completed installation |
| Provision-only | Reviewed record identifying exactly which future provisions exist | Name those provisions without promising that installation is ready or straightforward |
| Unverified | Missing or conflicting records awaiting specialist review | State that elevator status remains unconfirmed, or omit the feature claim |

Do not treat stacked closets as proof of elevator readiness. They identify spaces on a drawing. They do not establish a selected product, a completed installation or specialist confirmation of a future proposal. Ask what the records establish before attaching “elevator-ready” to a plan card.

Keep scope beside the feature. A provision-only starting plan should retain that label even if a completed example includes installed equipment. A photograph from that example must not change the starting plan's status. Identify the relationship between the example and the plan only when you can verify it.

The [plan library guide](/articles/builder-websites/plan-library-pages/) explains how current offerings and completed examples differ. Apply those labels before adding elevator details. A library filter should describe the same evidence state that appears on the individual plan page.

## What evidence should support served levels and equipment identity?

Record each served level using the current project's level labels. Check that the equipment record and relevant drawing describe the same arrangement. An elevator symbol repeated on multiple sheets does not settle installed service. Ask the responsible specialist to confirm the described stops before you publish them.

Keep the product identity in the internal evidence file, including its source record. If the public copy needs a product claim, reopen the exact applicable manufacturer document first. Do not transfer a capacity, control feature or certification from a similar product. Omit technical claims when the applicable document is unavailable.

Record who installed the system and where that fact is documented. Record service arrangements separately. An installer identity does not establish an ongoing service agreement. Ask which party holds the current service documents and which details may appear publicly. Keep private contact information out of the page.

Separate these questions from room-route questions. A confirmed elevator stop identifies one destination. It does not describe the complete route from the entrance to the kitchen or primary suite. The [upstairs primary route guide](/articles/builder-websites/upstairs-primary-plan-page-content/) shows how to explain those room connections from plan evidence.

Where installation records and drawings disagree, preserve both internally and hold the affected sentence. The editor should not choose the more appealing version. Ask the responsible specialist which record describes the current installation. Store the answer with the source revision before updating public copy.

For a specified system, say that the record describes a selection. For provisions, list only the documented scope approved for publication. Do not convert a reservation of space into a promise of future equipment. Questions about a particular person's use belong in qualified project review.

## How should you describe inspections and future provisions?

Require qualified inspection evidence before making a safety assertion about a home elevator. A marketing editor cannot establish safe operation from a plan label or a finished photograph. Request the relevant inspection record and qualified interpretation. Any proposed public statement must stay within the reviewed evidence's scope.

The [Consumer Product Safety Commission's 2021 home elevator advisory](https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2021/Vacation-Rental-Homes-Can-Pose-a-Deadly-Hazard-Kids-Can-Be-Crushed-to-Death-in-Dangerous-Home-Elevator-Gaps) urges examination by a qualified elevator inspector. That historical advisory supports the need for qualified review. It does not establish the condition of your installation or decide current project requirements.

Ask the qualified reviewer what the inspection covers, which equipment it identifies and which unresolved items affect public wording. Keep an inspection status distinct from an installation status. If the record cannot be confirmed, state that inspection information is unverified. Do not replace the missing evidence with reassuring language.

For future provisions, collect specialist confirmation of the recorded scope. Ask which parts have been reviewed and which remain undecided. Keep feasibility, equipment selection and project requirements open until the appropriate team resolves them. Do not provide retrofit instructions, clearance dimensions or a claim that conversion will be easy.

Keep the buyer conversation specific. “Which levels are documented?” and “What has the specialist confirmed?” ask for records. “Will this meet every future need?” cannot be answered by a reserved space. Describe the proposed provision without predicting the buyer's later requirements or the outcome of a future installation.

The [access-feature evidence guide](/articles/builder-websites/accessible-home-project-page-evidence/) covers broader project descriptions. A verified elevator fact supports that fact alone. It does not establish access through the entire home, compliance across the project or suitability for every user.

## What would a provision-only public excerpt say?

Consider an unnamed fictional plan with vertically aligned closets on its main and upper levels. Its imaginary record labels those spaces as reserved for a future elevator discussion. No equipment has been selected or installed. The responsible specialist has not confirmed the future scope. Inspection information is absent.

The editor cannot call this fictional plan elevator-ready. Instead, the page explains the recorded reservation and leaves feasibility unresolved. If a later specialist record confirms particular provisions, the editor can revise that bounded description. The new record would still need to distinguish provisions from installed equipment.

**Fictional public-page excerpt:** This starting plan shows aligned closet spaces on the main and upper levels. The plan record reserves those spaces for discussion of a possible future elevator. This example includes no selected or installed elevator equipment.

The reserved spaces do not establish installation readiness. Served levels, equipment choice and future provisions need specialist confirmation. Ask for project-specific review before relying on a future elevator arrangement. No inspection status has been established for this fictional example.

The excerpt gives buyers a usable status without filling missing records. It does not describe an actual house or a builder's capability. Replace each fictional fact before adapting it. If your real records establish only closet locations, omit the future-reservation statement too.

If a public drawing accompanies the text, explain its relevant level relationships in words. The [W3C complex images tutorial](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/complex/) describes short identification and longer text alternatives. Use that guidance to explain the image's information. A readable description establishes no physical access or equipment performance.

Confirm publication rights for the specific drawing or approved excerpt. The [U.S. Copyright Office's Circular 41](https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ41.pdf) treats architectural-work protection separately from technical drawings. Possession of a plan file does not supply permission for your page. Keep uncleared documents private while writing only from confirmed facts.

## How do you complete the elevator evidence worksheet?

Use the worksheet below to connect the public status to its source. It is a proposed editorial record from AgAI Labs. It is not an inspection checklist, design specification or equipment approval. Keep detailed records privately and publish only the information cleared for the buyer-facing page.

**Elevator evidence worksheet**

Status:

Served levels:

Drawing revision:

Equipment record:

Specialist confirmation:

Inspection status:

Public wording:

Under status, choose installed, specified, provision-only or unverified according to the available evidence. Under served levels, distinguish confirmed stops from a proposed arrangement. Put “not confirmed” beside a missing fact rather than copying an assumption from the plan title.

Use the equipment-record field to reference the applicable product identity and installation evidence where available. Add installer and service-arrangement records beneath that field. In specialist confirmation, identify the scope reviewed. In inspection status, record the relevant evidence and any limits the qualified reviewer identifies.

For the fictional example, status remains unverified for elevator readiness. Served levels remain proposed. The equipment field records that no selection or installation is established. The public wording describes reserved spaces only. Those entries let a later editor see why an appealing readiness headline was withheld.

1. **Identify the subject.** Distinguish a starting plan from a particular installed project.

2. **Collect current records.** Match drawings, equipment identity, installer information and service arrangements.

3. **Assign the evidence state.** Separate installation, specification, provisions and unresolved information.

4. **Obtain qualified review.** Confirm specialist scope and inspection evidence before proposing technical or safety wording.

5. **Draft the public statement.** Keep the status and its limits beside the feature description.

6. **Check related content.** Match the plan card, excerpt and text description to the same approved state.

The [FTC's truth-in-advertising principles](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/truth-advertising) call for truthful, nonmisleading advertising. Apply that boundary to an elevator-ready label as carefully as to a full paragraph. A qualification hidden elsewhere should not carry the entire explanation of what the feature means.

Keep the elevator status record with your [Owned website](/process/owned-website/) plan materials. Follow the [custom builder website pages guide](/guides/custom-builder-website-pages/) when distinguishing a starting plan from an installed project. If equipment status changes, check the linked plan and project descriptions in your [builder websites library](/articles/builder-websites/) for the same outdated label.

## Which questions should a home elevator page answer?

### Do stacked closets establish elevator readiness?

Stacked closets establish only the spaces documented on the plan. They do not establish elevator readiness, equipment selection or installed service. Obtain specialist confirmation before describing any future elevator provisions.

### Can specified equipment be described as installed?

A specified home elevator represents the documented selection. Describe it as installed only when current installation evidence supports that status. Keep confirmed served levels and inspection information separate from the selection record.

### Should an elevator page publish safety assurances?

A home elevator page should require qualified inspection evidence and appropriate review before any safety assertion. Keep public wording within that evidence's scope. A drawing, photograph or provision label cannot establish safe operation.

### What if the equipment model cannot be confirmed?

If a home elevator model cannot be confirmed, omit model-dependent capacity, feature and certification claims. Request the applicable equipment record and specialist review. Publish only the status and level information that current evidence supports.