Method for installing an elevator installation

A method for installing an elevator installation, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing elevator components for the elevator installation;
• packing the elevator components in a packaging made from flat material and transporting the packaged elevator components to an installation location for the elevator installation;
• unpacking the elevator components from the packaging at the installation location and using the elevator components to create the elevator installation;
• and
• using at least part of the packaging in the elevator installation as another elevator component by integration into an elevator car of the elevator installation and/or into an elevator shaft of the elevator installation.

An elevator installation comprising:

• an elevator shaft;
• an elevator car moveable up and down in the elevator shaft;
• and
• a flat material that in a first phase is adapted to package elevator components for transporting to an installation location to enable creation of the elevator installation and in a second phase is adapted to be installed in the elevator shaft and/or on the elevator car such that the flat material forms another elevator component as an integral part of the elevator installation.