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MawBroon Fri 21-Jul-17 09:20:50

I know there are many of you with stairlifts and probably as many threads!
But thinking that if and when Paw makes it home., he is unlikely to be able to cope with our stairs despite the fact they are an "easy" dog leg, 6 steps, square landing, 6 more.
A curved lift ft is bound to be expensive. Is there any point in two short straight ones?
Which firms would you recommend or alternatively advise me not to touch with a barge pole?
Any other useful advice gratefully received.

kittylester Fri 21-Jul-17 09:22:56

(((hugs))), Maw. No advice but that is quite a mental leap, I know! brew

MiniMouse Fri 21-Jul-17 10:01:57

Maw Just a thought, but would Paw need a stairlift for all the stairs? If you had one for six of the stairs, could he manage the other six by walking up/down them?

MawBroon Fri 21-Jul-17 10:13:38

That is a point, I'll ask OT when I see them. Thank you.

mcem Fri 21-Jul-17 10:34:20

For Mum we had exactly the arrangement you mentioned - 2 short straight lifts with half landing.
She was very happy with it and so were the DGCs!
Will check with sister re brand but think it was Acorn.

Charleygirl Fri 21-Jul-17 11:09:37

I bought my stairlift via a small company in 2009 but it has been swallowed up by a larger company.

I agree with mcem if 2 stairlifts can be fitted, that is what I would go for because it would be a matter of time before you purchased another anyway.

Double check emergency call outs. I am lucky, I have a downstairs loo and if necessary I could negotiate the stairs but some call outs take 24 hours to appear!

Call out charges I have found are horrendous especially if there is something fairly major wrong so at the start I took out insurance. I do not any more because I have moved my "office" downstairs so that I am not using the stairlift unnecessarily.

I plan how I use it, I do not use it willy nilly if that makes sense. Feel free to ask any questions which spring to mind.