Patent ID: 8291568

Claim:
A method of installing an elevator, said method comprising the steps of: arranging a movable platform structure in a bottom end of an elevator hoistway with a temporary hoisting appliance in the elevator hoistway; lifting the movable platform structure in the elevator hoistway with the temporary hoisting appliance; installing final components of the elevator from the movable platform structure; installing a final hoisting machine; and installing final hoisting ropes of the elevator, wherein the movable platform structure is a final elevator car or at least a part of a final elevator car; wherein said step of installing the final hoisting machine comprises: moving the final hoisting machine to lower level of the movable platform structure; moving the movable platform structure upwards in the elevator hoistway such that the lower level of the movable platform structure is level with a floor of a floor landing; moving the final hoisting machine to the floor landing; moving the movable platform structure downwards in the elevator hoistway such that an upper level of the movable platform structure is level with the floor landing where the final hoisting machine is located; moving the final hoisting machine to the upper level of the platform structure; and installing the final hoisting machine into position in the elevator hoistway from the movable platform structure.