I would start by contacting your local medical supply company and asking them if they know anyone in the area that specializes in it. You may also have luck contacting a Bruno distributor, preferably close by, as most sub-contract installers and may be able to provide a referral for you.

If not, a regular handyman should be able to remove it, just go online and find the installation manual and have it available when they are there! Usually, with do it yourself stair chairs, like Ameriglide or Bruno stair lifts, the installation process is fairly straightforward.

Thank you.

Sandra Weigold

Regarding the best stair lift brand, it is a good idea to do a little shopping around. Both Bruno Stair Lifts and ThyssenKrupp stair lifts, sometimes called TkAccess stair lifts, are pretty popular. They are both well made and offer several different styles to accommodate your home and body type.

You can sometimes get a good deal on an Ameriglide Stair Chair as well, but keep in mind that Ameriglide is not a manufacturer and just rebrands other stair lifts, so you will probably end up getting one of the main stair lift brands anyway if you get a new Ameriglide stair lift.

What do you think is the best model for lifts? Are they hard to install? I am looking at about 12 stairs.

Unfortunately, connecting two straight stair lifts together using a piece of track that you purchased or fabricate separately will probably not work.

There are several differences between how a straight stair lift and a curved stair lift move along the track. As a result, it would probably not work in the first place and certainly not be safe to do this.

Even if it were possible to piece together two stairlifts together in this manner, you would need to pay very close attention to the curve of the track, in order to make it work. So, it would likely need to be engineered.

Usually in these sorts of situations, I suggest looking into getting a residential elevator. It will often end up being less or, at least, comparable in price to a complicated curved stair chair setup, while offering a lot more value to your home in the long run.

Hope this helps, please let me know if you have any questions!

I have degenerative arthritis in both knees. [I turn 69 in February.]

We needed a large house for our Library and computer rooms, etc.

Our new house is 2 story.

We are intently seeking a inexpensive stair chair lift to negotiate 10 stairs, turn 90 degrees to the left, then rise 6 more steps to the top floor.
thus far we have been met by price quotes in excess of all of our arms and legs combined!!

Rather than use 2 straight lifts, why not simply purchase THE PIECE OF TRACT THAT TURNS THE 90 DEGREE CORNER, attach each end to 2 straight tracks, and be done?

Measurements are no problem.

Why is this such an expensive notion?

If we COULD afford one continuous straight track and it malfunctioned at the curve, obviously the curve would have to be REPLACED, under warranty. So, why can’t we simply buy 2 straight tracks with the connecting curve, bolt the mess to our stairs, and go live in our new home FOR A REASONABLE PRICE???

Do we have to sell the new house or exist with 2 seperate chair lifts?????

Supposedly some in our county discontinuing use of stair lifts are even disassembling then and putting the whole mess out on their curbsides for trash pickup!! Do you resell any such???????

Please reply!!

It is slower than an average young person would walk up the stairs, but still a respectable speed, probably slightly slower than an escalator.

The weight of the person can have an effect on the speed, because it puts more strain on the electric motor. A heavy duty stair lift will have a more powerful electric lift system, so would move a little quicker than regular stair lifts.