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There is something very important you should consider before you have a stairlift installed! If your wife is anything like mine then without doubt she will drive you nuts. Think about this! New stairlift fitted and only after two weeks she declares we need a new stairs carpet
There is something very important you should consider before you have a stairlift installed! If your wife is anything like mine then without doubt she will drive you nuts. Think about this! New stairlift fitted and only after two weeks she declares we need a new stairs carpet Yeah you know and I know the carpet has a good few years of wear and tear left but No the wife has spoken. You now have one major headache and an expensive problem This isn't going to be a quick fix! Think about it, have you ever tried finding a carpet fitter to lay a new carpet on a staircase with a stairlift installed. You would be pushed to find a carpet fitter willing to do it Even if you are lucky enough to find a carpet fitter willing to spend the extra time trying to cut around each fixing bracket the results just don't come up to scratch. I have seen many examples of this and with my 30 years in the trade I would guess about 5 was passable If you want a top quality carpet fitting job done then you only have one option. The stairlift must be removed. Stairlift removal and re-installation is not cheap. Removing a standard straight stairlift can have complications. With luck the paragraph below will not apply to you? You got a curved stairlift installed (You better work hard at convincing the wife the carpet is just fine) Stairlifts must be removed and re-installed by professionals. Yeah uncle Bob might be handy with a spanner but I bet you a dime to a dollar the stairlift will not work after reinstalling it Seriously the amount of problems you will cause yourself trying to do this will just add a lot of pain and more expense to the job. Why is it so expensive! Well first you need two engineers to attend preferably the same morning as the new carpet is to be laid The stairlift engineers will have to arrive at least two hours before the carpet fitter arrives. They will disconnect all the wiring, remove the motorised chair from the track and then unbolt and split the rail for removal. They then will need to store all the parts in a safe place (Well away from the carpet fitter) The engineers can sit around waiting for the carpet fitter to renew the carpet or go off and do another job. No matter what! You are going to have to pay the engineers for a full day's work. Yeah this is not going to be cheap Curved Stairlifts are a lot more complicated than a standard straight stairlift so you will be looking at twice as much and no guarantee of same day installation. How much is it going to cost. Hmm... every job is different but a ballpark figure for a straight stairlift 350-500 Price for a curved stairlift (Seriously the carpet you have is fine) If not all I can say! This will be double the price of a straight stairlift. You will need to get a couple of quotes for sure Great the penny has dropped you got it! If you are having a stairlift installed and you think the stairs carpet will require renewing within the next couple of years then get it fitted now before the new installation of the stairlift. (No need to thank me...) DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice. Get more information on Stairlifts market research is the key to getting it right first time |