Holbrook Elevator Services Inc.

The state lists Martin Hughes as a principal since 1999, the same year the business first registered with Washington L&I as a general contractor. It carries that registration under the general specialty, and its workers'-comp classification is general contracting. From Rockford, a 25-mile radius reaches Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Cheney and the farm country along the Palouse edge. A business with this kind of name and this way of finding work usually answers to building owners, property managers and other contractors more than to homeowners shopping for a project. Elevator and lift work splits sharply by size. A service call on an existing unit, such as a door that won't close right, a stalled car or a routine adjustment, is short work, but it still needs someone who knows that specific equipment. A new installation or a major modernization is a different job. It touches the structure, the electrical service and the shaft, and it usually runs alongside a general builder or remodeler. Homeowners adding a residential lift or stair lift to an older Spokane house should ask early who handles the lift itself and who handles the framing and finish around it. On a bigger project those can be two different contractors, and it helps to know which one is in charge.