The purpose of residential wheelchair lifts is to provide wheelchair access to all height-related areas in a disabled person’s home which are not suitable for installing a ramp, either because they are too elevated or because there is not enough space. Wheelchair elevators are probably the most ‘fancy’ models of wheelchair lifts. Yes, home elevators [...]
Overcoming Small Vertical Obstacles With the Wheelchair Lift Ramp
Power operated wheelchair lifts that function by elevating and lowering a chair or a platform are not the only devices that allow disabled people to overcome vertical barriers. Long before these complex mechanisms where invented, people in wheelchairs have been using simple wheelchair ramps. Of course, it’s impossible to use ramps in case of high [...]
Wheelchair Lifts – A Review of the Basic Safety Features
Wheelchair lifts – no matter if we talk about residential or commercial models, van lifts or portable lifts, vertical platforms or inclined chair lifts – should be not only hardwearing and easy to use, but also safe and reliable. That’s why, in accordance to ADA specifications, all wheelchair lifts have to be equipped with proper [...]
The Hydraulic Wheelchair Lift
Manual lifts are the only wheelchair lifting devices that work without a source of power. If some car lifts can be operated by simple physical force, then residential lifts are usually powered by electricity or hydraulics. Of course, electrical models are more common and less expensive. However, their main disadvantage is the fact that they [...]
