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Curved stair
lift
If you have a spiral
staircase, a curved stairway or straight stairs with a
landing in between sections then you may require a curved
stair lift.
Many manufacturers can
provide curved stair lifts.
Installers will fit a curved
stair lift rail to the stairs to allow the stairlift to
continue its journey around corners or along the whole
length of a spiral staircase.
Offset swivel seats can be
fitted to help make it easier for the user to get in and out
of the stair lift at the beginning and end of the
ride.
Curved stair lifts do cost
significantly more than straight rail stair lifts,
however.
In some instances, such as
where there are two or more sets of straight stairs with one
or more landings between them, it may be more cost effective
to install straight stair lifts for each section of straight
stairs - and then let the user transfer between them on the
landing area before continuing the journey.
The higher cost of a curved
stair lift is in many cases put down to the extra time and
expense involved in installation.
Whereas straight stairs are
uniform from stairway to stairway, curved stairs are often
custom-made - each with their own measurements.
This means that when
installing a curved stair lift, the manufacturer and fitter
have to spend much more time fabricating and then attaching
the curved stair lift rail to the stairs.
And curved stair lifts may
not keep a resale value in the way that straight stairlifts
can. Many companies will buy used stair lifts, refurbish
them and sell them on again - but they are more reluctant to
do this with curved stair lifts.
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