Stair Lift for a right-angled stairs

wait4me

Lads:

My elderly mother needs to have a stair lift installed. Problem is her stairs is about 10 steps up and then a return/small landing with four/five steps which are at a right angle to the lower steps (I don't know if I am explaining this right.- basically the lift would have to take a turn left as it ascends.

Do such stair lifts exist? Thanks in advance. w4m

BrokenArrows

Yes they exist. Any stair lift supplier should be able to do this.

Mumha

wait4me wrote: »

Lads:

My elderly mother needs to have a stair lift installed. Problem is her stairs is about 10 steps up and then a return/small landing with four/five steps which are at a right angle to the lower steps (I don't know if I am explaining this right.- basically the lift would have to take a turn left as it ascends.

Do such stair lifts exist? Thanks in advance. w4m

Just so you know, even though they are expensive, there is virtually no resale value in them, especially stairlifts with a turn. I have a straight stair lift that has proven impossible to sell, and is probably going to end up in a skip. Even if you can offload it, you'll be offered a derisory trade in value.

That said, they work fantastically well in helping to keep older people in their home.

antoinolachtnai

They can be reconditioned, but there is as has been said little enough value in them. The problem for a curved stairlift is that the cost is really in custom-fabricating the rail. This is precisely designed to be unique for each house. Even similar houses will need a slightly different rail.

Tip: take some photos of the staircase and send them to some places looking for quotes.