Frequently Asked Questions

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A. Residential Chair Lifts

Experience the freedom and safety of effortless mobility in your home with Access Lifts Hawaii. Our residential chair lifts are designed to enhance your quality of life by providing reliable and efficient transportation within your home.

Dumbwaiters

Enhance the efficiency and convenience of your home or business with dumbwaiters from Access Lifts Hawaii. Our dumbwaiters are designed to help you move items such as boxes, food, or dishes effortlessly between floors, saving you time and reducing the risk of injury from carrying heavy loads up and down stairs.

Evacu-Trac / Stair-Trac

Ensure quick and safe evacuations with the innovative Evacu-Trac and Stair-Trac solutions from Access Lifts Hawaii. Our evacuation chairs are designed to provide efficient and reliable assistance during emergencies, allowing for the safe transportation of individuals down stairs and out of buildings.

Residential Elevators

Elevate your home's accessibility and convenience with residential elevators from Access Lifts Hawaii. Our elevators are designed to provide a safe, reliable, and stylish solution for moving between floors in your home. Combining time-tested quality with low maintenance and cost-effective designs, our residential elevators are the perfect addition to any household.

Pool Lifts

Make your pool accessible to everyone with ADA-compliant pool lifts from Access Lifts Hawaii. Our pool lifts are designed to provide safe, reliable, and easy access to in-ground and above-ground pools, ensuring that individuals of all abilities can enjoy the water.

ADA Vertical Platform Lifts

Achieve seamless access for everyone with ADA vertical platform lifts from Access Lifts Hawaii. Our vertical platform lifts are designed to provide cost-effective and reliable solutions for private homes and commercial buildings, ensuring that individuals using wheelchairs or scooters can move effortlessly between different levels.

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Yes, we are bonded and insured

A. What is the best Mobility Choice for my home

Do you have a disabled or elderly person living in your multi level home who struggles to use the stairs to access their living areas? This is a common challenge here in Hawaii where the price of land and the presence of mountain slopes forces builders to construct 2 or 3 story homes equipped with one or more staircases.

There are several choices available to assist physically challenged family members in living a normal life. The most extravagant and convenient way to deal with this problem is to have an elevator or vertical lift installed. An elevator allows large wheelchairs or groups of 3 or 4 passengers to ride with the push of a button. They are the most attractive choice being custom made to match the decor of your house and offer a variety of sliding door choices. A vertical lift can be placed anywhere, inside or outside and some are installed in the center of a room or right next to a staircase. They are controlled by a button or lever that you must keep engaged to continue moving, when you let go, the lift will stop. They come in cubicle and tubular designs and boast glass walls so you can enjoy the views. Lifts and elevators are mainly powered by strong electric motors, some using cables and others climb up and down tracks, but they can also be powered by hydraulics or even pneumatic Air. Permits are often required since alterations to your home commonly are necessary. However, many indoor lifts simply require openings to be crafted in your floors and vertical tracks to be installed. Lifts and elevators can run you anywhere from 50k to 100k or more making this option out of reach for most home owners. But if you can pull it off, they add significant value to your home.

Vertical inclined lifts travel up an existing staircase and require a strong, wide stairs. They can transport a heavy wheelchair and are mainly used in commer4cial or public buildings, and rarely in residential properties. They can be installed inside or outside a building. These are less costly than lifts or elevators and are widely used.

The most popular choice for homes is the chair or stairs lift which can accommodate one passenger and transport them safely up a straight or curved staircase, inside or outside. They are equipped with armrests, a seatbelt, footrest and all kinds of safety and comfort features. They can handle 180 or 90 degree turns, custom curves, flat landing areas, and can even park around the corner and fold up. They don't have horns or bells, but can be called by remotes to come to you and are powered by rechargeable batteries (charging when parked) that can power your lift even when power goes off. A stairs lift can run anywhere from 7k to 25k depending on many factors. Curved and outside use lifts are more complex and therefore not as affordable as a straight indoor model.

A stair chair lift is primarily used to help people who have difficulty or are unable to climb stairs, allowing them to safely and comfortably access different levels of their home. This can be helpful for individuals with mobility issues, the elderly, or those with disabilities.

A stair chair lift is primarily used to help people who have difficulty or are unable to climb stairs, allowing them to safely and comfortably access different levels of their home. This can be helpful for individuals with mobility issues, the elderly, or those with disabilities.

Yes, in order to guarantee safe operation stair chair lifts are built with a number of safety features including seat belts obstruction sensors emergency stop buttons and constant pressure controls.

Because of their adaptability stair chair lifts can be installed on the majority of staircases including those that are straight curved spiral and have landings.

Some models can fit in staircases as narrow as 26 inches on straight lifts, and as minimum as 24 inches on curved stair chair lifts.

Depending on the number of stairs, installing a straight stair chair lift only takes half a day, but more complicated or curved stair chair lifts that need custom rails will take a full day.

Other people can use the stairs because stair chair lifts are made to fold away when not in use.

Since we work with several manufacturers, prices will vary. The type (straight or curved) features and difficulty of installation all affect stair chair lift prices. Straight stair chair lifts will cost less than curved ones as all curved rails are custom built to adequately fit your staircase. Please call us for a quote.

After the purchase of your new stair chair lift, we provide 1 year free maintenance. After a year, to guarantee safe and dependable operation, stair chair lifts need routine maintenance, we highly recommend semi annual preventative maintenance service.

Depending on usage stair chair lift batteries can last anywhere from one to three years.

Despite a power outage the majority of stair chair lifts will continue to function because they are battery-powered.

A stair chair lift can normally last 10 to 15 years with the right upkeep though some models can last even longer.

Indeed staircases with turns and landings are the ideal application for curved stair chair lifts.

A stair chair lifts noise level is frequently likened to that of a microwave due to its relatively quiet design.

Indeed there are models made especially to be used outdoors.