LOL!! I remember starting a thread once about why the hell did they call their company PORN and dunwoody, were the owners Mr Porn and Mr Dunwoody!? LOL. VERY strange decision!!
Marcel Porn was born in Romania in 1884, in 1905 was appointed chief engineer at Petrolifier (19 yrs old) after the 1914-18 war he came to England and started his own business manufacturing lifts and diesel engines. In 1927 the company became Porn & Dunwoody, he died in 1949.
"PORN" company? Oke in old times is not a problem because there is very low or no internet. Today it's bad idea to use "PORN" as company name. :) Nice tour btw. Little sad it's modernized.
The old GAL buttons are quite interesting. Those vintage indicators reminds me of some vintage Marryat & Scott lifts. At least the original motors are still in use.
I found an old beauty today at the odeon Leeds! An express lift! It had rattles and bangs and it took ages to level! I thaught I was stuck, it takes so long to level. Non modernised ether!
I thought I'd find the lift you mean on youtube, but it appears it's yet to be discovered! It's on the mrmattandmrchay list, but problem is I hardly ever travel up to Leeds anymore :(
Knuckle the Echidna, do you know what I liked the most about the video? Blue and Pink paints, also, it is real nice that the owner kept his/her building clean!! This is the best I liked the most: Cleanliness!
Those type of winding wheels can be dangerous,There was instances of Fire Brigade Not removing them,When the Lift was eventually switched on by the Lift engineer,The wheel smashed around the motoroom, Of course he should have checked,but unfortunately he didn’t.Now winding wheels are mechanically fixed,in most motorooms.
I think there are more old lifts around than people think. Yesterday I was walking around the Holborn area of London and happened to peer into a few doorways - I found 2 unmodernised Expresses from the 1980's and a gated lift, as well as an unusual little lift with yellow doors - sadly this one had been modernised.
You can't judge a controller off the smoothness alone. I have seen late-model relay logic controlling modern smooth ac drives. In one odd case, a truly modern flux vector unit, and in several others, two-speed ac with solid state torque control.
I had bit of luck jesterday. I was inspecting a building with my boss for some structural modifications to a building form 1993. I knew the building had a lift by looking at the floor plans and to my luck it was on Otis europa 2000 in original condition. I had short ride in it and the video will be up in a few weeks (I have quite a backlog). The interiour is covered with plywood to protect is from damaging as it is beeing used by the builders for transport purposes.
Motors never lie, it was PORN !!!!!. Nice vid and hats off on the effort for doing the visit ... the PROPER way. Teha, the dude wasnt too interested and a bit in a hurry, but just probably he is getting a bit in trouble if something happens to you in the building. We kind of the landlords to let you visit and film. Shame it upgraded the controller. But at least the machinery and fixtures still original.
I know I know!! :) ME TOO, OMG I filmed a truely EPIC lift this week from the 1920s - motor room derelict but original. FACINATING!!! I'm really excited to think about uploading it, and I haven't even started editing it yet!
At least the guy let you in the motor room, film the motor from different angles and also record the motor in action, so it is not all bad :-) What happened to the Express Lift at the beginning of the video? Do you return to that lift in a later video?
I want to have a look at that Express, perhaps I'll try and find out who to contact to do that. I'm always a little embarrassed walking into places and say "you know the lift in your back stairwell..." , but sometimes it has to be done!! The guys actually went out somewhere to turn off the alarm on the roof door. If he'd done it before we came up then I'd have no time at all and the video would have really sucked!!
I've never known one be replaced so I'd guess so. I've not come across one in a while, last one I did it wasn't in use but had been left behind for prosperity!
Used to be loads of these buttons around in the 80s. I like them! High Wycombe town centre when the shopping centre was Newlands Car Park, the car park had these buttons (some useless information for you lol)
They have , but all lift shafts will have had a full asbestos survey carried out. Any exposed asbestos will have been removed under controlled conditions or if the asbestos is still stable i.e not flaky it will be sealed with an approved sealant by a registered contractor and this is then entered into the asbestos register of the building owners, it is then checked at regular intervals for signs of deterioration.
I would not be able to say for certain , if you think you may have some in a building you can get it surveyed by a registered contractor. A lot of stuff looks just like asbestos sheeting but is usually a quite innocent material. If in doubt get it checked.
AT 4:30; It said "PORN and DUNWOODY" I am sure of it, it is no questions. I am sure that who ever loved elevators documentary must have of ton of porn elevators. I cracked it up when saw the metal plate!😂😆🤣😁😎
mrmattandmrchay Just been to a T J Hughs in Eastbourne, if you ever happen to be around there they've got a KONE lift with solenoid buttons. The lift was being serviced so I couldn't see the inside but it seemed very hopeful! Your channel is great :)
Good question, but here in the UK, Dover hardware was installed by a company called "H+C / Hammond and Champness". A new video is coming up with classic H+C buttons - see if they match what you have there?
Perhaps! I'm going to do it all over again though, as I've filmed an original 1920s lift motor room (lift was boarded up in the 90s). REALLY looking forward to uploading this one (editing not started yet though)
