Clovis's Old Town core is full of early-1900s storefront-era houses with narrow, steep staircases, exactly what pushes a family to move instead of staying. We fit custom rails to those century-old stairs regularly, not a generic kit forced onto them. Have us measure your exact staircase before we name a price, since no two Old Town storefronts match the next one over.
Why a stairlift installed in Clovis, CA is planned around the way this specific community lives, not stamped out from a one-size-fits-all template.
Clovis sits at roughly 360 feet elevation on the flat alluvial floor of the San Joaquin Valley at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, earning its Gateway to the Sierras motto. Part of the city near Clovis Towne Center lies within the 100-year flood zone.
Source ↗Old Town Clovis along Clovis Avenue features restored early-20th-century storefronts and a historic downtown core. The 2020 census counted 43,954 housing units, 64.0% owner-occupied, with an average household size of 2.84.
Source ↗The largest employers are Clovis Unified School District (5,228) and Clovis Community Hospital (2,988), and the 2023 median household income was $100,360.
Source ↗Every home is different. Here are six recent installs from Fresno County. Tap any project to see the full gallery, tech specs, and the story behind it.
In Harlan Ranch and Heritage Grove, the master-planned communities on Clovis's northeast edge, the staircases are wide, carpeted, and builder-standard straight runs with 12-14 treads. These install in under four hours. In Old Town Clovis along Clovis Avenue, the housing shifts to 1950s-1970s ranches and cottages where the issue is usually exterior porch steps, not interior stairs. Loma Vista between Shepherd and Herndon has a mix of 1980s split-levels with landing turns that require curved rails fabricated to exact geometry. Out toward Temperance-Kutner and the rural-residential parcels east of the city, we see raised ranch homes on larger lots where outdoor lifts handle the grade change from driveway to front entry. We also cover Tarpey Village, Sunnyside, and northwest Fresno. Every address in the 93611 through 93730 zip range is inside our same-day assessment radius.
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How jobs tend to go for Clovis homeowners, where about 13% of residents are 65 or older. Drag to scroll, or use the arrows and dots below.
We live in Harlan Ranch and my mother-in-law moved in after her hip replacement. The stairs to the guest room were out of the question. All American measured on a Wednesday and installed by Friday. She rode it up to her room the day she came home from Clovis Community. The chair folds flat and the kids still run up and down the other side without a problem.
Mi padre tiene 84 años and lives alone in his Old Town Clovis cottage. I'm in San Jose and couldn't be there for the install. Luis did the entire consultation and walkthrough in Spanish over FaceTime with me watching, then handed my father a Spanish-language manual. Papá called me that evening just to say he went upstairs for the first time in two months. That call was worth everything.
I'm a retired Navy chief who spent 22 years at Lemoore. The VA Fresno clinic wrote my HISA prescription and All American handled the rest of the paperwork. Grant covered the full outdoor lift on my front porch. I went from dreading the mail run to riding down the steps and back up with a cup of coffee. Should have done this two years ago.
Our Loma Vista split-level has that awful landing turn halfway up. Two companies said we'd need two separate lifts. All American scanned the whole staircase and built one curved rail that takes my husband from the living room to the bedroom in a single ride. He doesn't have to stand on that landing anymore. The swivel seat at the top lets him step right off onto the hallway carpet.
I had a stroke in August and my OT at Saint Agnes told me I shouldn't do stairs without a rail. My wife called All American on Thursday and they installed Monday. The installer showed me how to use the armrest controls with my good hand and the powered swivel so I don't have to twist getting off. My OT came for a follow-up and approved everything on the spot.
The platform lift changed my mother's life. She uses a power wheelchair and there were three steps between her hallway and the family room addition that basically cut her house in half. All American installed an indoor platform lift with the yellow edges so everyone can see it clearly. She rolls on, presses a button, and rolls off on the other side. No transfers. No help needed. Her home health aide said it's the single best modification in the house.
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Stairlift Types
Clovis Bestseller
The standard for Clovis's two-story subdivisions: Harlan Ranch, Heritage Grove, and Loma Vista colonials. Over 70% of our Clovis installs are straight rails. Starting at $3,200 installed.
vs Curved: 3x less expensive and installed in one visit. vs Home elevator: 10-15x less cost and no construction. vs Moving bedroom downstairs: Keeps your home exactly as it is.
Custom-Built
Custom-fabricated for Loma Vista split-levels, 1980s landing turns, and any staircase that isn't a straight shot. The rail is manufactured to your exact geometry. Starting at $10,250 installed.
vs Straight with landing break: One smooth ride instead of transferring seats. vs Home elevator: Half the cost, no construction permits, no shaft needed. vs Moving: A fraction of what selling and relocating costs.
Valley Heat Rated
Sealed against Central Valley dust, UV-coated for 105°F summers, and built for raised Clovis porches. Every component is heat-rated for San Joaquin Valley conditions. Starting at $4,550 installed.
vs Standard stairlift outdoors: Won't rust, seize, or void its warranty. vs Exterior ramp: No permits, no concrete work, no lost yard. vs Home entry renovation: Installed in a single day.
400 lb Rated
600-lb capacity with a 22-inch padded seat, built for comfort, not compromise. The reinforced frame handles up to 600 lbs with a wider, deeper padded seat. Starting at $5,150 installed.
vs Standard stairlift: Extra capacity and wider seat for maximum comfort. vs Custom furniture lift: A fraction of the price with faster install. vs Home elevator: Much lower cost with the same weight confidence.
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| Your option | Upfront cost | 10-year total |
|---|---|---|
| Stairlift Installation Best value Professional install by All American Stairlifts, Clovis CA | $3,200 – $17,100 One-time | $3,200 – $17,100 Lifetime use |
| Moving to a single-story home Selling, buying, closing, moving costs in the Fresno market | $50,000+ Plus relocation stress | $50,000+ Loss of community ties |
| Assisted living facility Fresno County average, private room | $4,500/mo Recurring | $540,000 And rising annually |
| In-home caregiver (8 hrs/day) Licensed home health aide, Florida market rates | $6,000/mo Recurring | $730,000+ Before wage increases |
| Home elevator installation Requires shaft construction, permits, months of work | $25,000 to $50,000 Plus renovation | $28,000 to $55,000 Includes maintenance |
Sources: AARP Cost of Care Survey 2025, Genworth Cost of Care Study, and California Department of Elder Affairs. Figures reflect Clovis metro averages.
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Up to $6,800 for service-connected veterans and their surviving spouses. One-time, tax-free, no repayment.
Eligibility: Veterans & surviving spousesHome & Community-Based Services Waiver may cover up to 100% of installation for income-qualified residents.
Eligibility: Medicaid + medical needWith a doctor's letter of medical necessity, the full cost is deductible on Schedule A as a qualified medical expense.
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Straight-rail lifts typically land in the $2,000 to $5,000 installed range, and curved rail, more common in Old Town's older two-story buildings where the staircase has a turn, runs higher, often $8,000 to $15,000 depending on rail length and how many turns it has to follow. With Clovis's 2023 median household income at $100,360, most of the jobs I quote here land toward the upper straight-rail tier or the lower end of curved.
Usually, yes. The restored early-20th-century homes along Clovis Avenue tend to have tighter, sometimes angled staircases that need curved rail measured and bent to the exact stairway. The newer two-story houses built during Clovis's suburban growth typically have straight runs, which take a standard straight-rail unit, the simpler, cheaper install of the two.
Battery-backup stairlifts, the standard now, draw very little power, and a basic once-a-year service check is the main recurring cost. With homeownership in Clovis at 66.2%, most of my clients own long-term rather than renting, so I get asked about extended service plans more here than in areas with higher turnover.
A straight-rail install in one of the newer two-story homes is usually done in a few hours, same day. Curved rail, more common in the older Old Town housing stock near Clovis Avenue, takes longer, since the rail has to be custom-measured and fabricated to match the exact staircase, so plan on a second visit after the initial measurement.
The track mounts to the stair stringers, not the floor slab, so being inside that mapped flood zone near Clovis Towne Center doesn't change the mechanical install itself. It's still worth flagging during the walkthrough, since it can affect where we route the power outlet for the charging point.
Almost never. Stairlifts are built to mount onto an existing staircase without altering the structure. With roughly two-thirds of Clovis homes owner-occupied, we're usually working on staircases that haven't been touched since the house was built, and that's completely normal for the install.
Two Medi-Cal paths apply. The Home and Community-Based Alternatives (HCBA) Waiver covers home modifications, including stairlifts, when they're written into your individualized plan of care, no fixed dollar cap; call DHCS at 1-800-541-5555 to start. Separately, a Medi-Cal managed-care plan can approve Environmental Accessibility Adaptations under CalAIM Community Supports, capped at $7,500 lifetime per member, call your plan's member services line directly to ask.
Yes, two federal grants, both applied for through VA Form 26-4555. The Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant covers up to $126,526 in FY2026 (the temporary residence adaptation version up to $50,961), and the Special Home Adaptation (SHA) grant covers up to $25,350 (TRA version up to $9,100). Both are usable up to six times over a veteran's lifetime, call VA benefits at 1-800-827-1000 with questions.
Fresno County's Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation Program (OORP) has been reported at up to roughly $80,000 for essential health and safety improvements, though that figure wasn't independently confirmed on the county's own program page as of this writing. Call (559) 651-1000 to verify current terms before counting on it. The Fresno-Madera Area Agency on Aging (559-214-0299) doesn't fund modifications directly but can point you toward whichever program actually fits your situation.
Clovis Stairlift Specialist · 15+ yrs
I've done enough installs around Clovis to notice a pattern: median household income here is $100,360, so a lot of clients skip past the base-unit haggling and go straight to asking about rail finish and battery backup. The flood-zone strip near Clovis Towne Center comes up in consultations too. If a ground floor sits low, I walk people through where the track anchors into the stair stringers before I quote anything. Old Town clients ask a different question, mostly whether a lift will even fit a narrower staircase in one of those early-1900s storefront-era houses.
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