In order to calculate a price for your stairlift a surveyor will have to visit your home and take a variety of measurements,  when these measurements are done a stairlift price can be calculated, your stairlift can then be prepped exactly for your staircase and installed with the minimum fuss.  The aim of this blog is to ensure you know what measurements will be taken and why.

Stairlift Measurement One - There will be a side of the staircase which the stairlift would sit best.  This is decided many times by practicality and the surveyors knowledge and the surveyor will suggest the left side or the right side of the staircase and tell you their reasoning.

Stairlift Measurement Two – There must be at least 750 mm clear at the bottom of the stairs. If there are any obstructions such as radiators or power points, or openings such as doorways, if so a suryeyor using their experience will inform you of what needs to be achieved to get the stairlift to fit.  Stairlifts can sometimes have an adaption added to make the stairlift fit more appropriately

Stairlift Measurement Three -  A measurement for the top of the staircase to the bottom of the stairs is determined to gain the overall length of the staircase, this will determine how long a rail you will need.  In some cases a staircase can be so long a jointed rail can be needed this needs to be determined by the surveyor.

Stairlift Measurement Four – The width of staircase needs to be measured as there is a minimum width needed to fit a stairlift onto.  If the staircase is narrow there are sometimes alternative stairlift products that maybe of help such as a sit stand stairlift or a perched stairlift as these take less width on the stairs.  A stairlift advisor would advise you of alternatives.

Stairlift Measurement Five – count the actual number of steps where the stairlift will be fitted onto.

Stairlift Measurement Six – The measurement is to ensure there is adequate clearance from obstructions at both the top of the stairs such as radiators doors or a powerpoint

Stairlift Measurement Seven – Locate the most convenient power point fpr the stairlift to be plugged into.

A surveyors job is complex as they have to have the skill and knowledge to assertain the best stairlift to suit your needs.  If the job is untaken accurately the stairlift will fit onto the staircase exactly and will be installed within hours with no fuss at all.  So now when a surveyor visits you will know what to expect and i hope will have gained some specialist knowledge into the whole process.  Please don’t try to do this yourself as i can not express enough that measurements have to be exact and done with extreme precision.  The surveyor detailed above is for a straight stairlifts and curved stairlift are measured very differently.