Expert Stairlift Installation in Lower Moreland, PA

A straight lift installs in about three hours from the moment Luis walks in. The rail bolts to the stair treads — not the wall — so there's no drywall work and no repainting. A curved lift takes four to five hours on install day, but the rail itself is fabricated off-site after a separate one-hour measurement visit. From first call to riding the lift is typically same-day for a straight rail and about two to three weeks for a curved rail. We clean up after ourselves.

No. The rail mounts to the stair treads with bolts — it never touches the wall. If you ever remove the lift, the bolt holes in the treads are small (about 3/8 inch) and easy to fill with wood putty. In 15 years of Lower Moreland installs, we've never had a homeowner say they could spot where the lift was after we took it out. For tile or stone treads — common in some Bethayres ranches — we use a compression anchor that grips without penetrating the tile.

We don't offer rentals anymore — the economics don't work. A rental runs about $150 to $200 a month, and at that rate you've paid the price of a new lift in under two years. Instead, we offer financing starting at $79/month, which means you own the lift. If you need it for less than six months — say, after a knee replacement — we can discuss a short-term arrangement. But for most Lower Moreland families, buying with financing is the better path.

Yes. Every lift we install runs on DC power with a built-in 4Ah battery backup. When the power cuts — and it does in Lower Moreland during winter storms — the lift keeps running for about 20 to 30 trips, which is hours of normal use. The battery recharges automatically when power comes back. It's the same system in our straight, curved, outdoor, and heavy-duty models.

Yes — through the HISA (Home Improvements and Structural Alterations) grant. It covers up to $6,800 for veterans with a service-connected disability, and up to $2,000 for non-service-connected conditions. The grant is one-time, tax-free, and never repaid. Lower Moreland veterans typically go through the Victor J. Saracini VA Outpatient Clinic at 433 Caredean Drive in Horsham, about six miles away, which handles paperwork with the Philadelphia VA Healthcare System. The forms are two pages, and your VA primary care provider signs off on medical necessity.

Yes. Pennsylvania's Community HealthChoices (CHC) Waiver covers home modifications — including stairlifts — for adults who qualify for nursing-facility-level care but choose to stay in their home. You must be enrolled in Medicaid and complete a functional eligibility assessment with the Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL). In Montgomery County, the Area Agency on Aging at 1430 DeKalb Street in Norristown (610-278-3601) can help you start the application. The process typically takes 60 to 90 days.

Two options beyond Medicaid and the VA. First, the Pennsylvania OPTIONS program, run locally by the Montgomery County Office of Senior Services, provides in-home services and may cover a stairlift for adults 60 and older who meet income and frailty criteria — call 610-278-3601 for an assessment. Second, the USDA Section 504 Home Repair program offers grants up to $10,000 for very-low-income homeowners 62 and older to remove health and safety hazards, including an inaccessible second floor.

The sequence: (1) Luis measures your stairs and writes a quote with the medical-necessity language the VA needs. (2) You take it to your VA primary care provider at the Saracini Clinic in Horsham, who fills out the HISA prescription form (VA Form 10-0103). (3) The provider submits it to VA Prosthetics for approval. (4) We install the lift. (5) We bill the VA directly — you never pay out of pocket for the covered portion. The process usually takes four to six weeks, and the $6,800 covers most straight installs in full.