Posted on 09/22/2009 6:09:56 PM PDT by Blueflag
Fellow FReepers -- We are going to move my aging parents into the finished ground floor of our home. To make this work best we want to install a residential elevator into our existing structure. Architecturally, this is not hard to do, as there are several locations in the home where we can easily fit the 'column' of the lift.
BUT ... we don't have the first clue of what this might really cost us.
Who has done this? ... and can shed light on the REALISTIC costs of putting in a lift capable of handling my mom in her wheelchair and my dad assisting her.
Many thanks.
BUT ... we don't have the first clue of what this might really cost us.
What's the real cost of an installed residential elevator?
Who has done this? ... and can shed light on the REALISTIC costs of putting in a lift capable of handling my mom in her wheelchair and my dad assisting her.
Many thanks.
It won’t be cheap new constuction on a new home it was a 30 g add on
how about a chair lift on the stairs
My mother-in-law just got some esitmates for this. She looked at both the up-the-stairs kind and the straight-up kind. She decided to go with the straignt up kind, which will go where there’s already a dumb-waiter going from the kitchen up to the second floor. The estimate came in at around $60K (includes all the permits and 5 year maintence plan).
God bless you for taking care of your parents and being so concernedfor their health and safety.
Is an elevator the only way to go?
Wouldn’t some sort of ramp be cheaper?
Close to $100,000 retrofit. Heard part of an infomercial recently.
Of course it could have been jacked up for that reason.
Do you mean a lift(spans only one floor or less) or do you mean an actual elevator(greater than 8 foot span)? The lift is lots cheaper. But, check with your locals as they might operate under different definitions. The estimate for our church elevator spanning 14 feet was over $60k. We went with a partial solution of a concrete ramp for less than half the cost.
My best friend is the best elevator guy ever (works at Otis) and he says the cheapest you could go is about 10,000.
It might be a better idea to move into a single story home or add on a small guest house.
PINGING a friend who had a chair lift put in for her folks..
Hey, Ma!
My folks just had a used stairlift put in and it was about $3000. A couple folks I’ve talked to since say they got used also. What a huge difference it has made. Of course an added problem is a walker or wheelchair (not yet) both upstairs and down.
My ex-father-in-law has personally installed two...one in his home and one in his sister-in-law’s home. SIL’s elevator was actually fashioned from a forklift that he installed permanently in the corner of the garage, while the other was an actual residential elevator. Both ended up costing the same, which was around $28K.
Can’t help you on the costs but around here at the beach there are a lot of homes with these elevators in them that are VERY small - two thin people can fit in them or one larger person. They look like pneumatic tubes. A lot of beach homes or remodels are 3 stories or have a roof deck so it’s great for someone who can’t take the stairs — or for using to carry things up.
If the parents are not extremely heavy, these tube elevators do not take up much space at all. Sorry that I don’t know what they are called, but they are in great use and work well.
Be real nice if you would thank some poster for there time and efforts
Thanks, Ma!
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what I mean is the ability to traverse from floor 1 to floor 2, safely. Our stairs are too narrow (door) at the top, so we have to go with an elevator. Lift is a British word, sorry.
We want a simple, safe means that elderly parents will feel good about using.
Thanks.
The staircase is wide enough, but the problem is the door at the top. Can’t be modifed due to load bearing structures nearby as well as HVAC and electrical ‘stuff’. We looked into those and had to abandon.
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