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Will there still be 600mm of clearance for other residents if the chair lift fails while it is part way between floors?
Looking at the specs for a popular brand of stairlift, the track would reduce the width by about 170-200 mm and the actual chair by between 450 and 500mm, meaning that would have to be a pretty wide staircase for the chair and track not to be some sort of potential obstacle.
That might be OK for an internal stairlift in a private home but I’m sure the local council’s fire safety inspectors would have something to say about installing one in an apartment block, especially if the staircase was the only escape route in an emergency.
We will be discussing the external lift idea in this week’s podcast, explaining why it may not be the crazy, unaffordable option you might think.