Council Block old Lift (Typical scary lift from the 1970s)

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5 жыл бұрын

This is a typical 'Express Lift Co Ltd' model that was installed in most council blocks from the 1970s.
There are a few videos that have been on my HDD for a while
waiting for some extra footage (like this one).
For this video, I may have a separate trip to have a look in the motor room as I may have an opportunity in the new year - To be confirmed.
For my next video (coming soon) it's the same case, I didn't want to upload it until I filmed the motor room. I waited a YEAR before being able to film it - some ROARRRING old car park lifts - this video is being edited now!
THIS VIDEO
Original cabs and landing position lamps, but the motor has been connected to a Variable Frequency Drive rather than being completely original. But it does make that WICKED slow down noise when the lift reaches 6 - listen at 5:58.
The internal display has been added at some stage also, so not completely original but certainly good enough to film!
The lift smells of an 'old hospital' or 'old persons home'. I'm not criticising, but i'm hoping you know what sort of smell I mean!
Don't interfere with that mechanism!!
Thanks to a former work colleague for the heads-up on this one.

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@Xante188 Жыл бұрын

Always been terrified of these. The creepy little window, the sound of it, the smell of disinfectant or something you used to get in them and waiting in silence hoping it doesn't stop on another floor to pick up a serial killer or break down leaving you trapped.

@sgbuses 5 жыл бұрын

An absolute classic. Buttons, indicators, motor, controller, and all.

@Colaholiker 5 жыл бұрын

Since this will probably the last of your videos I will see this year (even if you upload another one, I won't be watching it before next year as I will be leaving for Christmas and New Year soon) I want to take the opportunity to say THANK YOU for all your great videos. I really appreaciate you spending so much of your time without expecting anything in return but maybe a nice word in the comments. A merry Christmas to you and your familiy and of course all the best wishes for 2019 from one of your German viewers!

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your comment! I've had a cold over the last 2 weeks and was hoping to push a few more videos out, but when you're not well your motivation goes - and life/family should always come first (or 'lemsips and rest' in my case!!). I have about 30 videos to edit at the moment (10 epic ones) so loads to do and I may be recording a couple more 'what I call epic videos' in January as well! TOO MUCH EDITING to catch up on!! I think you must be the first person for me to wish a Happy Christmas to, so have a good one and thanks once again :) Matt and Chay

@PneumatinisPlaktukas15 2 жыл бұрын

This has to be one of my favorite videos from your channel! Wonder if this beauty still exists.

@Subway2400 5 жыл бұрын

The floor indicator in the lift has the same shape as the original buttons. Maybe they paid attention to this detail, which is nice. Thanks for your videos ! It's very interesting to see how things work, and the "art" behind the designing and building of older lifts !

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment! Express use lots of Oval shapes, but never seen the floor position display like this.

@Subway2400 5 жыл бұрын

@@mrmattandmrchay Yes, that's right !

@jonjohnson1259 5 жыл бұрын

Happy christmas Mr Matt and Mr chay thanks for all the videos they gave me a real lift

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Christmas wishes (not necessarily the joke haha!). Hope you have a happy new year.

@Schlipperschlopper Жыл бұрын

The lifts from the 1970s were the best ever!

@lsvr5386 5 жыл бұрын

4:34-4:40 Gives me the chills

@maxceny7018 5 жыл бұрын

Its cool how the Call panel has the floor indicator on it, A tower block near me used to have this but it then got modded by Orona. The Emergency Rescue sign is also very interesting and I've never ever seen that.

@nelsonahlvik6650 5 жыл бұрын

Fifth

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Also interesting how every level has a position lamp on it. Normally it would just be a CALL button and a LIFT COMING indicator.

@maxceny7018 5 жыл бұрын

@@mrmattandmrchay Yes, that is a very rare lift but it will probably get modded by some generic company soon,

@maxceny7018 5 жыл бұрын

@@mrmattandmrchay If it gets modded can you do a video of it after the mod so we can compare it? Even know I am sure it will be less Efficient and will not meet all your cheakboxes,

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, if I'm near. There are some others that I want to see near where these are.

@tpeterka1 5 жыл бұрын

Nice Lift :) and Merry Christmas!

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you also!

@daviddunbar5754 5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't hear any inductors clicking so I assume the control circuits have been modified and the standard selector removed. Shame as that was one of those lovely sounds when riding on the top of the lift car and hearing the selector clicking as you got closer to the top. EDIT: Just as an after thought, the keys to those locks on the car panel were just the same as the ones for most British produced cars at the time. My dad had a massive bunch and if I think about it he could probably opened any car at the time! The other thing is that this is either a deep lift or they didn't specify coffin doors at the back. Unusual for council blocks. Thank you for your videos sir, they bring back such memories of happy times. Have a great Christmas and New Year.

@peterlomas984 5 жыл бұрын

Replace the damper pads inside the inductor if you can hear it operating.

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

I could hear the brake release in the motor room, thought I'd hear the selector. The sequencing of the lamps seems to indicate that the MH selector is still present. Not sure why a modern day controller would be programmed to sequence the lamps in that way.

@michaelwatkiss1650 5 жыл бұрын

MH selector has probably been replaced by electronic selector, looking at the levelling curve i would think that an EXPRESS VACO drive was fitted in the early 90s and the selector replaced at the same time.

@peterlomas984 5 жыл бұрын

Looking at the levelling curve i would say that an EXPRESS VACO drive was fitted to this installation in the early 90s and the MH selector was replaced by the electronic model at the same time . This was a common solution to erratic floor levelling problems at the time, an awful lot of 2 speed council lifts were fitted with VACO'S as it gave much smoother ride characteristics and saved on brake lining wear.

@daviddunbar5754 5 жыл бұрын

@@peterlomas984 If you couldn't hear the the ping when they flicked then you must be deaf. :) Seriously I could hear all inducters from the car as a kid. The selector was noisy . :)

@wakkowarner7391 2 күн бұрын

Been in quite a few of these. Kinda miss it now.

@melanieturner9461 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed something with the floor indicator light panel at each floor. I think they use incandescent bulbs as when the direction arrow lights up, the floor number lamp briefly dims as would be the case when incandescent bulbs are first switched on. I think they must be 24v or so as looks like the supply voltage sags when more than one lamp is on. Great to see they are not too modernised and still have some character. Thanks for the video.

@ZZ9ProductionsOFFICIAL 5 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@keithscott2478 5 жыл бұрын

Jeez! I thought I recognised that block! It's in my home town! One of the best-kept council blocks in the city.

@Ben-db5re 5 жыл бұрын

Keith Scott where is it?

@johndufton9686 5 жыл бұрын

Judging by the 0131 phone code I spotted that is Edinburgh.

@keithscott2478 5 жыл бұрын

John Dufton Well done mate 👍

@BR9900-w5l 3 жыл бұрын

No thanks I'd rather take the stairs...lol

@MichalM 5 жыл бұрын

0:34 That is some zoom!!!

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

X30, yep, wish I had it was I was filming my original Siren videos!

@christopher-2000 5 жыл бұрын

awesome

@lsvr5386 5 жыл бұрын

I know this is weird but why does the door have a window??

@idl3k_elev 5 жыл бұрын

Love those vintage Express fixtures! I've never seen that type of landing call panel with a floor indicator - seems rare don't you think? Most other Express Lifts of this age only had the "Lift Coming" lamp.

@daviddunbar5754 5 жыл бұрын

Actually that type of call panel was pretty common up here in the North East of England.If nothing else you had to make sure you carried a good supply of spare lamps with you when the monthly maintenance visit was done.

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Quite unusual that they are on every floor! Sometimes you're lucky if one is fitted on the ground floor!

@boyinlove2k 5 жыл бұрын

Bit worrying that the lift will only let you use the call function if *it* determines that there is a fault!

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Typical old style lift, loads of instructions and warnings!

@misterwint 5 жыл бұрын

My grandmother lived in a block with lifts a lot like this. Same shape of buttons and the finish on the metalwork. Her block was built in the early 60's and they kept the lifts as they were up into the late 80's, so I'm wondering, could that lift be older than 70's? That aside, great video as usual. Merry Christmas to you and the family.

@keithscott2478 5 жыл бұрын

This block was designed in 1950 and constructed shortly thereafter,

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@paulanderson79 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the car park lifts at The Queensmere Centre, Slough.

@mrmattandmrchay 3 жыл бұрын

I remember those... sort of. I remember them taking ages to get from the car park into the shopping centre, and loads of time waiting for them as well.

@MichalM 3 жыл бұрын

Ooh interesting, do you remember if the lifts there had a window in the door?

@paulanderson79 3 жыл бұрын

@@MichalM They did, a tiny little window about 20cm x 10cm. All this did for me was add to the sense of claustrophobia. Horrible lifts.

@MichalM 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulanderson79 Where is this lift exactly? Is it the set of 2 lifts that go to the car park? The only lifts to the car park in Queensmere that I can think of have no windows in the doors.

@manicunderground5252 Жыл бұрын

3:39 Anybody noticed the light turning off and on ? now thats creepy the door with the window dont really bother me much but the fact that the light did what it did is what scares me

@guineagirl5078 Жыл бұрын

😱😱

@keith800 6 ай бұрын

They were well built lifts tending to last longer than other makes of lift.

@normturner5170 10 ай бұрын

17:55 When I was about 7 my Dad worked in a building that was a wire cage. Even the shaft was a wire cage

@MichalM 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for revealing the next video! I don't have to ask you on Messenger this time LOL!!!

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing is certain. I get bored editing "long edit time" videos and swap and change to other videos sometimes

@MichalM 5 жыл бұрын

@@mrmattandmrchay Oh OK

@Paul-mv1sj 5 жыл бұрын

where is this, I really want to see an express lift that works (I live in Northampton so I would love to see it)

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Jack, I've sent you an email. Matt

@joshuagraham9217 4 жыл бұрын

I never realises there was this many lift enthusiasists

@paulanderson79 4 жыл бұрын

Queensmere car park, Slough, is still operating a couple of lifts similar to these. Very very unnerving things.

@mrmattandmrchay 4 жыл бұрын

Really? I thought these had been upgraded many years ago. I think I know the ones you mean that go from the shopping centre up to the car park, but they've long since been upgraded. Are there any more?

@MichalM 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrmattandmrchay They were upgraded 2014. They are quite scary to ride though, so maybe that's confusing him? I should have showed you them when we met up, damn...

@MichalM 5 жыл бұрын

3:17 It's been modernised!!! GRRRRR

@Lift.Tracker 3 жыл бұрын

That indicator they added looks larger than they usually are. Or is it just Matt’s camera making it look bigger?

@noahclever2268 2 жыл бұрын

Where is this lift i would like to see it too, And what is the code

@mrmattandmrchay 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Noah. I wish I could remember!! It's in Edinburgh somewhere, I was going to revisit it a few months ago but I failed to find it. And, I walked in with a delivery-man is how I got in :)

@gabrielcoyle9049 4 жыл бұрын

Does it still exist?

@dusterdude238 5 жыл бұрын

darn! was hoping you could have gotten into the motor room on the roof. But anyway do you suppose that the floor indicators in the hall, were actually LED or just incandescent lamps behind plastic inserts to make it look so? and boy those cabs were really bare bones, it looked like you were inside of a walk in freezer at a fast food restaurant. [ minus the shelves and food in there...HA HA at least the one at Taco Bell, where I worked back in the 90's, used to look like that . . . .

@Lift.Tracker 3 жыл бұрын

The indicators are incandescents :-)

@johndufton9686 5 жыл бұрын

Was that a hatch in the roof of that lift.

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Good point, but I think this is for access purposes. Some of these blocks had a section that came away so that coffins could be placed in the lift (presumably vertically). Well spotted.

@MIKEMASTER1A 5 жыл бұрын

😮👍

@MiamiMillionaire 5 жыл бұрын

👍

@lsvr5386 5 жыл бұрын

4:35-4:39 OMG MY WORST NIGHTMARE😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😨😨😨😨😨😨

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

old lifts? Used to be my worst nightmare, but now it's my passion :)

@lsvr5386 5 жыл бұрын

mrmattandmrchay do you know why the door of the elevator has a glass window?

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Most lifts from this time (1970s) in the UK had a window. I'm not sure that it is anything other than, so people inside the lift can see out, and people on the landings can see in. Perhaps comforting, rather than not being able to see in or out.

@lsvr5386 5 жыл бұрын

mrmattandmrchay thank you so much for telling me I’ve always wondered why lifts had windows

@Lift.Tracker 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrmattandmrchay Couldn’t they also be dangerous in some circumstances? Say if they window was broken by vandals. Then they could reach through and unlatch the door if they knew what they were doing, or if they’re drunk or daft they could get their arm crushed by the lift going by. Is that why there’s a metal cage between the glass?

@kennethdeal7508 3 жыл бұрын

Alexander Deal loves elevators

@dykodesigns 5 жыл бұрын

The building has some dodgy looking balconies. It’s an odd building architecturally. It wants to be partially modern by having concrete facades but has some very tradionalistic architectural features. It’s like it has a split personality.

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

love buildings like this, but I had to follow a delivery driver into the building to get in! I bet the security intercom didn't exist in the 1970s!

@lsvr5386 5 жыл бұрын

4:24 curved window

@netgamesofficial 5 жыл бұрын

Mr mat have you thought about getting discord. It would be awesome all of our fans can all to each other live it's like making your own live community. And if you really want you could talk to your fans would you like me to show you sir my hero :)

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

Don't have the time for that I'm afraid. It's not that easy either. Getting messages ping up when I'm working, driving or even asleep is the reason why I uninstalled hangouts. The only free time I get after work and family goes to editing rather than having to manage people in a chat room. Also I find "talking about lifts" a little uninteresting. I know what you mean but far too many negatives for me rather than positives. If people want to leave me a message then I normally reply to everyone but KZfaq is a hobby not a lifestyle in my world. Thanks for the idea anyway.

@netgamesofficial 5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome mr mat I understand. BTW I love your videos I'm now a big fan of you I know it might sound weird but yeah I like your videos. I use to like heno but he treated me so bad and I think he treat all of his fans Badley so that's why I'm now a fan of you. Anyways I will stay tuned to your newest videos

@netgamesofficial 5 жыл бұрын

Oh and sorry to message you again sir but with discord you can mute messages. And it's much different than handouts anyway I understand sir.

@mrmattandmrchay 5 жыл бұрын

@@netgamesofficial Hiya, got your previous message. Please send me an email to mattw.youtube@virginmedia.com, thanks :) Impossible to PM on youtube these days!

@kennethdeal7508 3 жыл бұрын

No indicator (number) shown like ( )

@CARecreationalgaming 4 жыл бұрын

@kennethdeal7508 3 жыл бұрын

Ha it was like ( 1 )

@qeelevators2960 4 жыл бұрын

1,000th viewer!

@MichalM 5 жыл бұрын

18th!!!

@hariranormal5584 3 жыл бұрын

I just hate these old relay controlled lifts they always look scary

@dannyjaar 5 жыл бұрын

are you sure take the stairs take the stairs huub stapel de lift

@tonyturunen172 5 жыл бұрын

First.

@IfYouLetMeStay 3 жыл бұрын

Oh these are one of those buttlinda elevators that DON’T EVEN WORK. They’re a fire hazard. Nobody is gonna get on these things. This is *stomp stomp* STUPID!!

@NESTABROWN9 3 жыл бұрын

Huh?? What stupid about, hm?