Every shopkeeper knows the problem: the ground floor is crowded and the second floor is empty. Customers buy where they can walk in easily, and few will climb two flights of stairs to look at something they have not yet decided to buy. A lift for a showroom in Sasaram is how the upper floors start earning. It turns a G+3 building from one selling floor with godowns above it into four selling floors.
Eldeal Engineers plans, installs and services lifts for showrooms, shops and shopping complexes from its corporate office on Old G.T. Road, Sasaram. This page is for owners of garment, jewellery, electronics, furniture and vehicle showrooms, and for anyone building a commercial complex with shops on several levels. Offices, banks and coaching centres are covered on our commercial lift in Sasaram page.
Customer lift or stock lift: decide by trade
A shop moves two things between floors, people and stock, and they should not travel together. What you sell decides the mix. The figures below are typical ranges and are indicative only.
| Trade | For customers | For stock |
|---|---|---|
| Garments, sarees, footwear | Passenger lift, 8–10 persons (544–680 kg) | Dumbwaiter or small goods lift for bales and cartons |
| Jewellery | Smaller passenger lift with a premium cabin | Usually none; stock is carried by staff |
| Electronics and appliances | Passenger lift, 8–13 persons (544–884 kg) | Goods lift, 500–1000 kg, for cartons carried in by hand |
| Furniture | Passenger lift, 8–13 persons | Goods lift with a large car and wide door, 1000–2000 kg |
| Shopping complex with many shops | One or two lifts of 13 persons (884 kg) or more | Shared goods lift at the service entrance |
If you can afford only one lift now, leave a second shaft or a slab opening for a stock lift later. Our page on the goods lift in Sasaram explains capacities and doors for the stock side.
Escalator or lift for a two-to-four-floor shop?
Owners often ask for an escalator because malls in bigger cities have one. It is the right tool in some buildings and a costly mistake in others.
| Point | Escalator | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Floor space | A long, straight run plus an opening in each slab | A small shaft in one corner |
| Traffic | Moves a steady stream without waiting | Moves people in batches |
| Direction | One way; most shops need an up and a down unit | Both ways in one car |
| Who can use it | Not suited to wheelchairs, prams or unsteady walkers | Everyone, including trolleys |
| Best fit | Wide-fronted malls and large stores, ground to first or second floor | Narrow and mid-size showrooms, and any building above two floors |
Typical escalators for showrooms have a step width of 600 to 800 mm and an inclination of 30° or 35°; the steeper angle saves floor length. A sound plan for a large complex is escalators for the main flow up to the first or second floor and a lift for step-free access to every floor. For most single showrooms in Sasaram, one good lift does the whole job.
A glass lift that sells the upper floors
A glass capsule lift is advertising that moves. Placed at the front or beside a central void, it lets customers see each floor's display as they ride, and people outside can see activity inside the building. It needs a glass or framed shaft, planning for afternoon heat and regular cleaning in a dusty market. Our capsule elevator in Sasaram page covers shapes and climate points in detail.
Fitting a lift for a showroom in Sasaram into a narrow plot
Shop plots on the town's market roads and along the G.T. Road are often narrow and deep, and the frontage is the most valuable part. We plan around that.
- Put the lift at the back or beside the stairs. The front stays free for the display window and entrance. Clear signs at the door tell customers a lift is available.
- Choose doors for the opening, not the shaft. Telescopic side-opening doors give a wider entrance from a narrow shaft than centre-opening doors.
- Save the roof and the pit. A machine-room-less lift needs no room above the shaft. Where pit depth or headroom is short, as in many existing buildings, a hydraulic lift may fit better.
- Use two entrances if levels differ. A car with openings on two sides can serve a mezzanine or a rear godown level.
- Get slab cutting checked. In a building that is already standing, a structural engineer must approve every opening before work starts.
Built for the Dhanteras rush, not an ordinary weekday
Retail in Sasaram runs on seasons: Durga Puja, Dhanteras and Diwali, Chhath, Eid and the wedding months. On those days a showroom may see many times its normal footfall, with whole families shopping together. Plan the lift for those days.
- Size for the peak. One step up in car size costs little compared with customers who give up and leave.
- Rely on the overload sensor. When too many people step in, the voice prompt asks the last ones to step out and the car stays put. Tell staff never to override it.
- Post a staff member at the lift on the busiest days to guide elderly customers and keep the doors clear.
- Move stock before opening time so the customer lift is free during selling hours.
- Service before the season. Door sensors, the ARD battery and the generator changeover should be checked before the festival weeks. A lift AMC in Sasaram keeps these visits on schedule.
Standard safety features, the Bihar bill and the quotation
Every Eldeal lift has a V3F drive for a smooth, level stop, an Automatic Rescue Device for power cuts, a light curtain on the doors, an overload sensor with voice prompt, an intercom, an alarm and an emergency light. As per BIS, IS 17900 became mandatory for new installations from 22 December 2025. The Bihar Lift and Escalator Bill, 2024 provides for registration, inspection, mandatory maintenance and third-party insurance for lifts and escalators. Please confirm the current notifications with the local authority.
Cost depends on the number of stops, car size, door type, cabin finish, a glass or standard shaft, and civil work. We do not quote before seeing the plot. After a free site survey you receive a written, itemised quotation and a timeline.
Want customers on every floor of your showroom? Book a free site survey with our Sasaram team. Call or WhatsApp +91 84489 44342 or +91 62077 91650.