Residential Elevator Cost – The 9 Key Factors

Residential elevator cost is determined by 9 key factors.

1. Adjustment to the home to accommodate the residential elevator.
2. Work involved to build a load bearing wall to mount the rails of the home elevator?
3. The elevator cab finishing which includes the walls, controls, phone and lighting.
4. Access to the home elevator installation site.
5. Buying power of the residential elevator company.
6. Travel speed of the elevator.
7. Cab floor finish quality.
8. Door configuration.
9. Number of elevator floor stops.

These are the 9 key factors in residential elevator cost.

Stair Lift Pricing

The most common question is “How Much Does a Stair Lift Cost?” Or, what is the price of a stair lift? There are a number of factors that determine a stair lift price.

1. Are the stairs straight all the way up the stairs?
2. Does the stair lift user need some options such as a lower seat height to be able to transfer to the seat?
3. If the staircase is curved, what is the shape of the curve?
4. Is there a door at the bottom of the stairs that requires the rail to be retractable?
5. Are the stairs narrow and require a track that is tight to the wall?
6. Is the stairway inside or outside the home?
7. Is it a commercial application?

These are some of the questions that determine a stair lift price.

Recycled straight stair lifts can save a $1000 off the price of a new straight stair lift. Recycled curved stair lifts can save $2000-$5000 off the price of a new curved stair lift.

One thing to watch out for is one stair lift manufacturer is selling direct to the public with high pressure sales tactics and overcharging for their straight stair lifts.

Stair Climber – Wheelchair Stair Climbers Solve Some Applications

A stair climber is an alternative to a stair lift or elevator. A wheelchair stair climber assists an end user with a disability by taking a wheelchair from one floor to another. A stair climber machine is battery operated.

There are three limitations to a wheelchair stair climber:

1. The slope of your stairway must be 35% or less. This means that most residential stairways will not accommodate a stair climber since the common slope of most home stairs range between 40-45 degrees.
2. Most machine stair climber users find their use somewhat time consuming compared to an inclined wheelchair lift or an in home elevator.
3. A tilt wheelchair, geriatric or power chairs can not be used with a stair climber. Most common applications of a stair climber are in commercial situations such as a church, school or institution.

Farmer Trades Stairlifts for Ceiling Lift

A farmer from rural Kansas with a neuromuscular disease had three recycled stairlifts in his home, which SILVER CROSS-Kansas City installed over a year ago.

His condition has progressed and he has asked us to provide an overhead ceiling lift to make it easier for his wife and son to do basic transfers for him. We took his two stairlifts as a trade-in, and in turn he purchased a demo model portable overhead track system that allowed them to go on vacation.

Upon his return he told us it worked so well that he wants us to put up a ceiling track in his bathroom to simplify bathing, etc. Happy motoring to our farmer friend!