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Answers About Mobility And Accessibility Equipment
Plain writing about how this equipment works, what it costs, what it does not do, and how to choose between the options. Written for anybody researching it, whether you buy from us or not.
Choosing Equipment
Curved Stairlift Rails: Tube, Custom Flat and Modular Flat
Three rail designs, three different rides, and one of them is worth walking away from. What each is, who makes it, and…
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Choosing Equipment
Two Staircases, One Problem: Do You Need Two Stairlifts?
Basements, split levels and three-story houses. When a second lift is worth it and when it is the wrong spend.
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Choosing Equipment
Stairlift Models Compared: Capacity, Rail, Width and Lead Time
The figures that actually separate one model from another, taken from the manufacturers rather than from a sales sheet, with the ones…
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Children of Aging Parents
Will a Stairlift Look Terrible in My House?
The objection nobody says out loud. What one actually looks like in a hallway, what can be specified to soften it, and…
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Choosing Equipment
How Loud Is a Stairlift?
Quieter than people expect, and the sound it makes tells you things. What is normal, what is not, and what to listen…
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Children of Aging Parents
Twelve Things People Believe About Stairlifts That Are Not True
The beliefs that stop people buying, stop them asking, or get them sold the wrong thing. Each one, and what is actually…
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Choosing Equipment
Can a Stairlift Be Fitted to Any Staircase?
Nearly always yes. The handful of situations where the answer is genuinely no, and what to do instead when it is.
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Choosing Equipment
How to Measure Your Stairs Before Anybody Visits
Five measurements and two photographs will tell a good supplier most of what they need, and will tell you whether a quote…
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Choosing Equipment
Inclined Platform Lifts: The Machine Between a Stairlift and an Elevator
A platform that carries a wheelchair along a staircase. Rare in homes, common in public buildings, and frequently the only thing that…
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