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Dumbwaiter Plans Adding one of our dumbwaiters to your home is an excellent way to bring ease and convenience to your life. You will no longer have to carry that cumbersome, heavy laundry basket up and down the stairs; instead, you will simply be able to pop the basket in the dumbwaiter, and with the press of a button, it will arrive at the next intended floor. A dumbwaiter can be expensive, especially when you pay someone to install it. Here are some tips on do-it-yourself dumbwaiter installation that will enable you to install a dumbwaiter in your new home or as part of a home renovation project. DIY Dumbwaiter Plans Free: Included in the free workbench plan is a blueprint, step-by-step building instructions, a list of tools and materials needed, as well as user comments.We think you’re going to find our newsletter and blogs useful and entertaining to read.

Watch this video to see how a dumbwaiter made from a garage door opener can be used to carry groceries upstairs and recycling down. Building the DIY dumbwaiter only cost around $300, much less than commercial models.

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Danny Lipford: You have a set of stairs, you know that any time you need something, it’s not where you standing. And you’re having to go up and down the stairs, hauling groceries up stairs and bringing trash downstairs, especially if you’re primary entrance to your home, like this one, is right off the garage and it’s on the lower level.

Now, a dumbwaiter is a great solution to this problem. It’s basically a miniature elevator that can bring the groceries up, trash down, very convenient. But if you’ve every priced one of these, boy, the factory made dumbwaiters are very expensive. Here’s a more reasonable option by using a garage door operator to actually construct a dumbwaiter.

Now, basically what we have is the garage door operator down below mounted to the wall, then the track continues right on up to the next level, and we have a little wooden tray here that’s been constructed, and attached with different brackets to the bracket that should be carrying or moving the garage door itself.

So, with all of this in place, you push the button, and away it goes. Now, instead of this dumbwaiter costing three or four thousand dollars like the manufactured ones do, this one only costs about $300.

Now, you have to have the unique situation where you have a closet directly above another closet that’s down below on the lower level. Here, we had a little pantry in the kitchen, and the closet directly below it in the basement. It worked out perfectly, and that’ll save a lot of time running up and down the stairs with the groceries or trash.

Now it’s very important if you have small children around your house or if you have guests that have children, is to make sure you have a lock on the door both upstairs and downstairs.

Hi, Joseph,
We haven’t tested this for a specific weight limit because the homeowner just needed to move groceries (or trash) from one floor to the next.
You need the perfect combination because a standard garage door opener can lift about 300 pounds, but the wooden tray needs enough support and reinforcement to hold what you need.
So, depending on your specific needs, adjust these plans accordingly.
Good luck!

Things You Will Need

• Pine plank or other type of interior finished wood

• Shelving unit or purchased dumbwaiter kit

• Manila sash cord

• Drill

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How to Build a Dumbwaiter. Having a dumbwaiter in your home makes for an interesting and functional piece of architecture. Not only that, it adds a bit of nostalgia as well. Building a dumbwaiter into an existing wall takes some planning and know how, but with the right plan, you'll have a way to take heavy items from the ground floor up to the attic in no time.

1. Plan the route of your dumbwaiter. If your basement is situated over your kitchen, you can keep canned goods in your dumbwaiter and store them where it is cooler. Measure to see how much floor space you will need to use for your dumbwaiter and plan a spot where there will not be any encumbrances. Check for wires and pipes before you cut. Fixing cut plumbing will be messy and cut wires can cause electrical shock. Check first before you set your location.

2. Build a case for the dumbwaiter. For a finished look use furniture grade pine plank or some other desirable wood. You will also need to 'box' in the weights that will attach to your dumbwaiter.

3. Buy a dumbwaiter or make one out of an old shelving unit. Be sure to put a rim around the bottom so that items will not slide off shelves. Dumbwaiters can be purchased ready-made from websites like Butlers Buddy (see Resources below).

4. Drill holes and attach manila sash cord to your dumbwaiter and wrap around pulleys attached to the top of your case on both sides. If you have purchased a dumbwaiter kit, this step should already be done for you.

5. Attach counter weights to the sash cord to counter balance the load. Experiment with different weights to get the proper balance from your dumbwaiter.

6. Mount four springs to the bottom of your dumbwaiter case. This will ensure that your dumbwaiter will not get damaged if it should fall too quickly to the bottom floor.

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