Method and mounting system for mounting lift components

A method for mounting one or more components of an elevator system in a vertical shaft of a building by the use of a mounting system that is vertically moveable within the shaft and includes a lower support platform and an upper mounting platform that are arranged one above the other and have a lifting and pulling device coupled there between, wherein the support platform and the mounting platform are configured to be moved closer to or farther from each other by the lifting and pulling device and are configured to be alternatingly affixed in position in the shaft, the elevator system having at least one car configured to travel along one or more guide rails disposed within the shaft, the method comprising:

• positioning the mounting system in the shaft of the building;
• affixing the lower support platform to first support elements that are at least one of disposed in or secured to the walls of the shaft at a first vertical position, said affixing occurring by the engagement of support platform extension arms onto the first support elements;
• raising the upper mounting platform vertically above the lower support platform by the lifting and pulling device;
• mounting one or more components of the elevator system in the shaft from one of the lower support platform or raised upper mounting platform;
• affixing the raised upper mounting platform to second support elements that are at least one of disposed in or secured to the walls of the shaft at a second vertical position located above the first vertical position, said affixing occurring by the engagement of mounting platform extension arms onto the second support elements;
• unaffixing the support platform from the first position within the shaft by disengaging the support platform extension arms from the first support elements;
• raising the support platform, by the lifting and pulling device, vertically upward toward the mounting platform;
• and
• affixing the lower support platform to the second support elements to which the upper mounting platform extension arms are simultaneously engaged, said affixing occurring by the engagement of the lower support platform extension arms onto the second support elements.