Patent ID: 8186130

Claim:
A method for installing an elevator, in which method at least guide rails of a car of the elevator are installed by fixing guide rail sections into position in sequence from a bottom upwards, the method comprising installing into position a lowermost guide rail section; installing at least one working platform between the guide rails of the lowermost guide rail section; fixing guide rails of a second guide rail section as an extension of the guide rails of the lowermost guide rail section using the working platform as an aid; fixing diverting pulleys to top ends of the guide rails of the second guide rail section; fixing diverting pulleys to the at least one working platform; fitting a hoist to the working platform for lifting the working platform upwards; fitting a rope suspension of the working platform with a hoisting rope; securing a first end of a hoisting rope to the hoist; and arranging the rope suspension to pass from the hoist over the diverting pulleys at the top end of the guide rails and under the diverting pulleys of the working platform to a fixing point on the working platform.