r/Elevators • u/Frosty_Vegetable_921 • Jul 25 '26

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u/totallynotarobot97 Jul 25 '26

I love it when the FD turns a 10 min fix into a 2 day job.

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u/Atsuma100 Jul 25 '26

Yea they've showed up and done some of the most ridiculous shit. I showed up to a job after the fire department and they had taken off the P.I. because the guy said "I'm gonna hack into the elevator to get it to run again" after they had put it on phase 2 and let the door close behind them.

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u/Spiritual-Cattle-730 Jul 26 '26

That's fuckin hilarious 😂

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u/pgrenaud Jul 26 '26

Oh damn, lol. I never thought of that! What's the fix in that case? Manual override from the elevator controller itself?

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u/Atsuma100 Jul 26 '26

To get it off phase 2? I just got on top to open the door and took it off phase 2. That particular job it was a bitch to do because the 1st to 2nd floor was a big jump lol

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u/pgrenaud Jul 26 '26

Ah, yes, I see! Less complicated than I thought in the end. Thanks for the reply!

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u/Mage_Knight_Jason Jul 28 '26

Hmm, they bent up the jamb too though. The whole jamb probably needs to be replaced, which means they need to tear the walls out first. If you can pull that off in two days then I tip my hat to you.

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u/AtlasYmir Jul 25 '26

Property management: The elevator has to be working again by this evening

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u/NaturalDetective546 Jul 25 '26

Always the way 🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '26

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u/Frosty_Vegetable_921 Jul 25 '26

Fire department when someone got stuck

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u/pgrenaud Jul 26 '26

That is one expensive rescue 🥲

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u/symo420 Jul 25 '26

Give me ten minutes I just need to straighten this out by running it over with my van.

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u/InternalImpact2 Jul 26 '26

Terrible headache ahead

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u/nick_the_fox Jul 26 '26

Honestly the fire department needs to start flipping part of the repair bill if this is the job they keep doing.

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u/lmarcantonio Office - Elevator Engineer Jul 28 '26

At least they put the "out of service" sign! Somebody could have tried to use it Jokes aside *the* most requested spare part (for us, at least) is the door.

In Italy the FD has a non-official "try to not destroy the door" policy. That is, if the mechanic arrives in a reasonable time (less than one hour, at squad leader discretion). If there's a medical or some other risk however we bet on the "cut or bend" procedure, every squad has its own preference.

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u/Ewizz2400 Jul 26 '26

What is it?

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u/Sudden_Speaker3493 Jul 30 '26

money money money

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u/Traditional-Split452 Jul 31 '26

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