Installing a stair lift in your house is a good way to extend the quantity of years you or a loved one with mobility impairment can live in your own home. They are great if you or a friend or family member have health restrictions that make it tough to go up and down stairs.
I was out with an older woman last week showing her property (I am a real estate agent). She already had bad knees, and had to take the steps slowly. One of the things she was searching for was whether her new property would accommodate a master on the main level ( if it did not already have one ) and a step lift on the steps.
I presumed she'd just need to take a look at one-level houses, but each home she looked at had a staircase in it. One home had a wonderful Y-shaped staircase featured in the lounge that split off in 2 directions. One home had a precarious old staircase leading to the completed basement, and one home had a standard fashioned 2-level staircase that went to the upstairs. My customer told me this wasn't precisely what she was on the lookout for and asserted she would "know it when she saw it." It had been hard for her to work out online whether the houses she had an interest in would accommodate a step lift because most realtors don't feature the steps in their Multiple Listing Service photos.
This customer gave me a little bit of an education about what is needed to install a step lift. Fundamentally , she was looking out for a long, straight run of steps from the 1st to the second floor. We really found it in one of the new construction homes we looked at, so they are definitely out there. Stairlifts can be installed on other sorts of staircases, of course, but as with everything in home remodeling, the more you have to do, the more it's going to cost.
If you are building or purchasing a home that you need to grow old in, it's a brilliant idea to consider ahead the way in which the home can be altered to fit your wishes when you're older. Some things - like wide corridors that will accommodate wheelchairs - are nice features you may want to have anyhow.
Other stuff, like grab bars in the bath tub, are simple to add on later if they become required.
What's not as straightforward to plan for is if you'll need wheelchair access to upstairs rooms of the house. Even if you are not in a wheelchair, going up and down the steps can be a challenge for many older people.
Installing a stair lift can be the perfect solution.
A step lift consists of a little chair you sit on which runs up and down the stairs on a track installed on an adjacent wall. Your steps must be against the wall or have a braced railing to bear the full weight of an individual sitting on seat, and the weight of the track mechanism itself. The step lift will help you bring groceries and washing up and down the steps, too. Just about anything you can carry, provided you do not surpass the safe weight limit for the chair lift, can be brought up and down on the stair lift.
Though they can be costly to install, many seniors are so cheerful about the idea of having the facility to remain in their own homes as they age, they are more than prepared to pay the price to have their home upgraded to accommodate their changing ability to get around.
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