Instal lift or convert ground floor room to bedroom

quintain

Thank you.

michele-p

Hi, I'm new to this area if the forum, but my mum and dad are in Northumberland and just had a reconditioned stair lift with a 12 month guarantee fitted for around £500, wasn't as much as we thought it might be.

We have similar issues with dad becoming less and less mobile.

GlasweJen

You need to watch with through floor lifts, they're really quite big and can take up an entire box room plus you'd also need a back up plan if the lift breaks down which can be quite frequent for some models.

quintain

Do through the floor lifts have a bad reputation and is there a good/bad league list anywhere

Ms_Chocaholic

What are the rooms on the mid landing, could your wife utilise one of those? Do you have a downstairs loo that would be big enough to change into a wet room for a shower or add a separate shower, or even a utility room that could be changed.

poppy12345

Having experienced the day to day life of a through floor lift i can say there's ups and downs to these. They take up a HUGE amount of space in 2 rooms. These lifts are just massive there's no dought about that. Of course you need 2 rroms with a large amount of free space in both. Mine was kept upstairs in my bedroom and literally took up half of my huge bedroom. Then there was the issue when it was in use by myself of when it came downstairs. Again a lot of clear space is needed. I no longer live in the house and now live in a ground floor flat. Yes i was extremely greatful to have been given the adapted house to begin with. If i lived in a house that needed to be converted for my disability i wouldn't chose the through floor lift. I'd chose a stairlift everytime. To have been able to have had that extra space at the time would have been wonderful. Yes they help massively but they're huge and very ugly looking. Like some sort of tardis lol

quintain

Thanks again

It is good/great to hear your collective views.

I...we...have a lot to think about and decide on our best option.

buglawton

poppy12345 wrote: »

Having experienced the day to day life of a through floor lift i can say there's ups and downs to these. They take up a HUGE amount of space in 2 rooms. These lifts are just massive there's no dought about that. Of course you need 2 rroms with a large amount of free space in both. Mine was kept upstairs in my bedroom and literally took up half of my huge bedroom. Then there was the issue when it was in use by myself of when it came downstairs. Again a lot of clear space is needed. I no longer live in the house and now live in a ground floor flat. Yes i was extremely greatful to have been given the adapted house to begin with. If i lived in a house that needed to be converted for my disability i wouldn't chose the through floor lift. I'd chose a stairlift everytime. To have been able to have had that extra space at the time would have been wonderful. Yes they help massively but they're huge and very ugly looking. Like some sort of tardis lol

Aren't the latest ones more compact?
(Example is the Stiltz Duo on 101mobility's website)

poppy12345

buglawton wrote: »

Aren't the latest ones more compact?
(Example is the Stiltz Duo on 101mobility's website)

That hardly looks big enough for a wheelchair user...

buglawton

Sure, but let's not put quintain our op off, in first post no mention of the need for a wheelchair.