EasyLifting Stair Lift Removal, anyone?

[Roger Mills]

This company

has been mentioned once or twice in earlier threads on stair lift removal. Do any of you have any actual experience of them?

A friend of mine has a Stannah Model 260 Sadler which she needs to get rid of. It was installed for use by her husband, who is now in a care home. She has decided to downsize, and needs the stairlift gone in order to sell the house.

Stannah not only won't give her anything for it, but they want £350 to remove it.

The company linked to above also won't give her anything for it - but they'll remove it for free. Presumably they'll get some revenue by recycling parts of it.

I could potentially dismantle it myself, and take it to the tip but bits of it are likely to be pretty heavy and I don't wish to risk injury either to myself or to the property. So my preference would be to get this firm to remove it as long as they're not going to wreck the joint in the process.

Hence my original question.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

Roger Mills explained on 24/09/2019 :

If its in working order, and a straight run, why not sell it?

The straight runs are easiest to remove, the most common and the most saleable. Removal is just a matter of dropping the seat off the rail, releasing/ dismantling the rail. Not difficult.

[billyorange007]

Many years ago we took over commercial premises that had been used by a medical specialist company. They left a stair lift behind them. We sold it and got £500 and the buyer dismantled it and removed it himself. A two man job. Not difficult

[Martin Brown]

Talk to other local disabled suppliers locally. You should be able to find one that will take it away for nothing - that is what I did. I'm afraid you have to count your fingers before and after every encounter. :(

The odd one might even give you a tenner for it.

If there are a decent number of houses exactly the same shape they may be able to reuse the track otherwise the track is just so much scrap metal but the motorised chair can get reused. When you buy one you get the option of a second hand unit or new.

It is annoying that they become essentially worthless once installed. Typically you are in a hurry to sort it out afterwards and working remotely so they know that they have you over a barrel.

[Andrew]

Sometimes they use some sort of hammer-in fixings that are a nightmare to remove.

[newshound]

The seat is pretty heavy though. No problem for a reasonably fit man who is used to mechanical handling.

I don't know this firm but it's not a difficult job and presumably they know what they are doing. I'd be inclined to trust them.

[newshound]

Roll pins. Used on curved ones, mine were not easy to get out, you need to have good punches, and confidence.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

newshound used his keyboard to write :

The seat is very heavy. It is a little lighter with the two batteries removed. The advice I have read before, is to remove the end caps and the plastic stop trigger, from the top and wind it straight off the track at the top. Looking at my lift, I would think it would be easier to just wind it off at the bottom end, assuming that is the ground floor, maybe even releasing the lowest track fixing if necessary so it has room to come off. The are supplied with an emergency manual winding handle, for use when the electrics fail.

[Andy Burns]

But it would take hours and wear you fingers to the bone to do it that way ... use a cordless drill with suitable bit.

[Roger Mills]

No, it's not straight. It turns through a right-angle at the bottom - and another one at the top, round onto the landing. I guess that it's been custom made to fit this particular staircase.

[Roger Mills]

Yes, the rail is in sections which plug together, with what looks like a scroll pin through each section.

[Roger Mills]

I'm reasonably fit for my age but, at 77, not as strong as I used to be!

[Adrian Caspersz]

These guys can help, I think they do something with the volts ...