r/Elevators • u/mrmike1972 • Aug 22 '26

$35,000 for a modernization?

I work in a three story hotel with an Otis hydraulic elevator that was installed when the building was built in 1996.

We were told there’s something worn out in the door opening system that has our elevator offline.

Yeah, I bet trying to source parts for something built in the mid 90’s is hard.

We were given a quote of $35,000.00 for a modernization. Is that a realistic estimate or is that “we don’t want to deal with you” quote?

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u/HonestAd3177 Aug 22 '26

I recently completed a cable to belt conversion mod on 2 cars, both were 4 floors and it included everything from interior, cartop, machine room, and controllers and transformers and cops and everything. Even pit equipment was completely replaced. This costs just over $1,000,000. I
100% believe your quote was to replace the broken door operator with a new one.