Stairlifts

Essentially stairlifts or chairlifts, as they are also known, are a padded seat mounted onto a steel rail fixed to the stairs that safely lifts the rider up and down a flight of stairs, in comfort and without undue effort.  Essential for anyone with any mobility problems, such as the elderly, disabled or those suffering from a degenerative condition.

Why look for stairlifts?

The aim of the stairlift is to give back independence that could be taken away if the persons family is considering options that include a housemove to a home being in order.  To be blunt the number 1 place for trips and falls in the home for the elderly are the stairs.  The number 1 reason that the elderly have to enter a nursing home or residential care is after a broken neck of femur from a fall onto the hip.  These are the facts, scary though they are, but a stairlift can and does ensure that your loved one will still be able to stay in the home they love for longer, by being safe on the stairs, whether their issue is climbing up them or coming back down.

What do Castle Comfort know about stairlifts?

Castle Comfort arguably have a greater understanding than anyone else in the UK with the exception of the actual manufacturers, but with the added bonus of impartiality i.e.we have an in depth knowledge of ALL the stairlifts products on the market and can help find the best stairlift for you, at the best price and suggesting the best installation team in YOUR own local area to fit it for you.  We started the company after researching the market for our own parents and finding a big gap between stairlifts prices charged by different companies.  That was nearly 15 years ago and we still keep the family firm ethos that we started with all those years ago.

Essential for anyone with any kind of mobility problems. Thus giving back independence

There is a huge range of stairlifts, and they all have different control, options and weight limits to consider. However, there are only really 3 basic types: straight, curved and platform stairlifts for indoor or outdoor use.

Straight stairlifts:Straightforward and the easiest to use and install. Used for moving from lower to upper floors and back again. Possibly the most popular choice because of simplicity of installation i.e. less than 1 hour, and because of price i.e. less than £1,000 (in the case of reconditioned or re-engineered).

Curved stairlifts:Required to negotiate bends or landings. Also suitable for use on winding staircases over several floors. Usually take a half a day to install and prices are dependent on situation, but generally more expensive than straight stairlifts.

Perch stairlifts:A neat solution for anyone who cannot bend their knees or stand sufficiently well enough.

Through floor stairlifts: Often referred to as wheelchair platform stairlifts, can be the only solution for the totally immobile or wheelchair bound. These are designed to accommodate a wheelchair and it’s occupant to travel vertically between floors, rather like a common public lift.

Platform Stairlifts Click here to see how they work.

A stairlift can be customised to fit users requirements and to blend almost unnoticed into a domestic environment. As mentioned above there are many factors to be considered when choosing a stairlift but possibly the most important is if the user requires a greater weight load.

Stairlifts can be folded discreetly away when not in use to permit normal access to the staircase for non lift users.

A stairlift, especially a non standard stairlifts, could be a large investment to consider and therefore it is imperative you get the right advice first time before you buy.

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