Archive for February, 2009

Accessory Checklist For Stairlifts

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

You know how automobiles are always graced by all kinds of accessories, right? Men go ga-ga over the bling-blings for their wheels, nearly the same way ladies go crazy over belts, brooches and the sorts. Well, for stairlifts, the first purpose these accessories serve is safety and comfort and not design.

Stairlifts may already be costly as there, but it might still do you good to buy accessories to guarantee the well being of your family and friends. Frame type Sit And Stand If the stairlift product that is to be installed at your home would be used by over one individual, maybe it is better to get a sit and stand frame for your stairlifts, particularly when neither have the same health issues. With this kind of frame for your stairlifts, the user or passenger may be ready to either sit or stand while he / she climbs up and down the stairs. Seatbelt Yes, just like when you are riding a roller coaster or your standard Ford lorry, it is often recommended to wear a seatbelt just in case anything occurs. You can select between a seatbelt that may be wrapped around your lap the makers describe it as an inertia reel lap harness or one that would strap both your shoulders this time, known as static type, three points fixing over shoulder harness.

Either way, so long as you have got a seatbelt for your stairlift, the probabilities of hazarding injury are less certain.

Hinged Rail In a tiny or compact sized house where there’s small space available, stairlifts with hinged rails are quite ideal as you could fold the lower part of the rail when it isn’t in use. This is also ideal if your staircase is right next to the doorway and the lower part of the rail of the stairlift just serves as another obstruction. Power Folding Footrest Let’s just say that you’ve got a mighty large house and even with the dough rolling in non-stop, you continue to like to install stairlifts rather than a lift, whatever that there’s about twenty feet worth of steps to climb up and down. Would it not be nice for the passenger to have a footrest while they are traveling from the East to the West Coast? But seriously though, the footrest for the stairlifts may also be handy for users or passengers who have issues bending down.

Power Swivel Seat This is more for the comfort of passengers as they enter and exit the stairlifts.