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Elevator Buttons

Is anyone else having a huge surge in elevator button failures since the start of Covid?  I have replaced 6 buttons since March and believe that our sanitizing schedule is degrading the plastic to failure.  

 

Am I alone in this struggle?  Do any of you have ideas on how to protect the buttons and provide the sanitation my residents expect?

 

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Jen

• 26 Jun 2020 2:51 PM
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• Jen

  

  • 13 Aug 2020 7:57 PM

  I had all buttons replaced with the Vandal resistant type. The big difference in the two styles is metal clips vs plastic clips. The disinfectant was weakening the clips and allowing the buttons to break.
  I also took a sheet of heavy mil plastic and taped it over all my buttons so no spray will get into the guts.
  Not the prettiest solution, but so far it's working,

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• Lucifer656

  

  • 17 Sep 2020 6:47 PM

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• Lucifer656

  

  • 17 Sep 2020 6:47 PM

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• Lucifer656

  

  • 17 Sep 2020 6:47 PM

  Thanks for sharing such a nice post

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• Lucifer656

  

  • 17 Sep 2020 6:47 PM

  Thanks for sharing such a nice post

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• Karen Veenendaal

  

  • 15 Nov 2020 11:30 AM

  In reply to Jen:

  I'm new to this forum and this is the first thing I have read. Incredibly useful as we are experiencing the same thing with elevators that had been installed just before lockdown. Thank you! Great advice!

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• zacqawert

  

  • 20 Jan 2021 8:26 PM

  Interesting. And what could it be connected with?

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