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Freelift Van Gogh designed for the outside bend of a curved staircase
The Freelift Van Gogh stairlift is designed to be fixed on the outside bend of curved stairs so if your relative’s stairs are a particularly complex configuration…
Read more...Freelift Mondriaan Elite for straight staircases
The Freelift Mondriaan Elite is perfectly suited to your relative if they have a straight staircase that is either steep or narrow, or both….
Read more...Acorn 80 Curved Rail Stairlifts for curved stairs
The Acorn 80 Curved Stairlift can be fitted on practically any curved staircase and its slim rail attaches directly to the stairs, so there’s no damage to your relative’s home….
Read more...Acorn Superglide Stair Lift for straight staircases
The Acorn Superglide stairlift is so called because it is extremely smooth and quiet when you’re riding up and down the stairs. Because the lift operates without mains power it’s much quieter than some other lifts in its class…
Read more...The origin of stairlifts
Most historians believe that residential stairlifts in the UK date back to the 1920s. A Pennsylvanian entrepreneur named CC Crispen needed a method of getting his friend, who suffered from polio, from floor to floor. Crispen designed a seat that would enable his friend to travel up stairs. He was an engineer, and was able to build a prototype of the chair lift, which he called the Inclinator…
Read more...How do stairlifts work?
Residential stairlifts operate on an aluminium track that is fitted onto the treads of the stairs – not the wall, although sometimes to the wall as well in the case of wheelchair-platform stairlifts. A motor fixed to the stairlift pulls the stairlift up and down the tracks. The rails for residential stairlifts in the UK are usually made from extruded aluminium. The rails can weigh 65lbs or more and are attached to the steps with metal cleats…
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