ABOUT STAIR LIFTS

Stair lifts provide a facility for the disabled or elderly to go up and down stairs without effort. A folding chair is attached to a rail which rises along the edge of the stair; the stair lift may be operated by the occupant using control switches built into the chair. The specialist suppliers of stair lifts offer their own installation and maintenance services.

LEADING UK STAIRLIFT SUPPLIERS

The following UK suppliers of stair lifts have comprehensive and informative websites, with information on types of stair lifts, and on installation and maintenance of stair lifts.

Stannah is the leading UK manufacturer of stair lifts. It supplies straight stair lifts, curved stair lifts, and outdoor stair lifts. It also offers re-conditioned and rental stair lifts. With their slim rail and compact carriage, along with folding arms, seat and footrest, Stannah Stairlifts are suitable for narrow staircases, even when curved. When folded away they leave plenty of room for other stair users. It only takes a few hours to install a custom-made Stannah Stairlift and because the stairlift is fitted to the stairtreads, not to the wall, the process is clean and simple. Stannah Stairlifts is the world’s leading stairlift manufacturer and supplier, and part of the Stannah Group of companies. A British, family-owned business, the Group incorporates specialist product and service divisions including passenger lifts, goods lifts for businesses, homelifts, access lifts, microlifts and trolleylifts and stairlifts.

Acorn is a leading UK manufacturer of stair lifts. Headquartered in Yorkshire, and with offices in the USA, Canada and Germany, Acorn employs 700 people. Acorn Stairlifts pioneered DC (direct current battery) technology in the stairlift industry. This was chosen due to the inherent advantages of safety, smooth power delivery and the ability to operate normally during a mains power failure. The key features of Acorn stair lifts are: positive rack and pinion direive, providing a quiet, smooth ride; three-postion swivel seat; soft start and soft stop, with no jarring at the top or bottom of the stairs; an over-speed governor as standard; battery operation in the event of mains failure. Diagnosit digital display and infra-red controls are available.

Sesame Access Systems supplies an ingenious platform stair lift which is concealed behind the stairs when not in use. When required, the stairs slide back and reveal a platform stair lift for use by the disabled, including wheel chair users.

Easystep Stairlifts supplies and installs stairlifts new and re-conditioned stair lifts throughout the UK. It supplies stair lifts from six leading manufacturers: Brooks, Bison Bede, Liberator, Meditek, Minivator and Thyssen. Easystep Stairlifts also provide nine different makes of re-conditioned stair lift, covering twenty different models.

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON STAIR LIFTS

We recommend the following websites, with building product information including manufacturers' specs, standard specifications, and CAD details: Barbour Compendium, RIBA Product Selector Plus, ASC Bricsnet, Building Products Index, British Board of Agrément, British Standards Online.

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