Stair Lifts

hi, im a lift engineer, although, thankfully i dont work on stair lifts much,

stair lifts are ok but i would reccommend that you look into other routes before going down that road.

stair lifts take up quite a lot of the stair room, if you were going for one, buy one from a major companys, avoid anything cheap, i think some companys rent stairlifts but i wouldnt reccommend that,

personally i would look into having a disabled platform srcewjack type lift fitted, they come in a prefab shaft and a very adaptable, they also require little pit room, and with the dda act would be complient, if you could fit it to the inside of the building great, but if not they can be built alongside the building in a weather proof shaft (likely subject to planning consent)

also consider the amount of use it would do, is there any other sort of lifting (other than people) i the building (beer barrells etc). the maintenance charges and contract levels you would want on the units, costing wise the stair lift would be much cheaper, but it will only lift people and up the stairs.

pmme for my number if you want a chat or have a question i may be able to help, i may be able to help point you in the right direction to get the right lift for your clubs needs.

When our club got a lottery grant for a new clubhouse we would have needed a full lift installed if the club room was upstairs. The cost of installing and maintaining this was prohibitive for a small club like ours. We would also have lost a sizeable chunk of square footage on the ground level and upper level.

Remember to consider the evacuation requirements too.

And depending on the sturdiness of the stairs there's always the stair crawler option.

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My club looked at a stair lift but were told in no uncertain terms no by the fire officer as it would reduce the width of the current steep and narrow stairs to much.