Expert Stairlift Installation in New Orleans, LA

Straight rails in shotgun houses, doubles, and raised cottages are 2 to 4 hours on-site. Curved rails — common in Garden District mansions and French Quarter spirals — take 1 to 3 weeks to fabricate after the laser scan, but install day is still usually under 5 hours. Outdoor installs on post-Katrina raised entries take a full day because we anchor to the wind-load code spec (130 mph inland, up to 150 mph in the immediate coastal zone). No overnight workers. No multi-day disruption.

No. Every modern stairlift we install bolts into the stair treads themselves — the rail is self-supporting and never touches your wall, your banister, your original cypress millwork, or your plaster crown molding. We’ve installed in antebellum Garden District homes, 1850s French Quarter townhouses, and 1890s Uptown doubles without altering a single original detail. When the lift is removed years later, you’re left with a handful of small bolt holes in the tread wood.

Yes — we’ve done it dozens of times. New Orleans has 20+ HDLC jurisdictions and the Vieux Carré Commission covering the French Quarter. Any work visible from the public right-of-way requires a Certificate of Appropriateness. We prepare the application, submit the equipment drawings and specifications, and appear at the hearing if needed. Most approvals take 2 to 6 weeks depending on the commission’s meeting schedule. Zero charge for the application work.

Every New Orleans install ships with a 96-hour extended-backup battery — the longest of any state we serve. Standard factory batteries last 20–30 cycles; ours run the full ride count for four continuous days without grid power. Hurricane Ida in 2021 produced 2+ week outages across parts of Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard parishes. Our extended batteries carried every installed unit through the first critical days while families arranged generators or evacuated. We don’t sell a stairlift in Louisiana without this battery.

Yes, through the Louisiana Community Choices Waiver (CCW). The CCW covers stairlifts as Environmental Accessibility Adaptations. Eligibility requires Louisiana Medicaid qualification plus a nursing-facility level-of-care assessment by an OAAS case manager (call 1-866-758-5035). The CCW has had waitlists in recent years — if you’re on the waitlist, Louisiana Medicaid offers Long Term Personal Care Services (LT-PCS) that can bridge the gap. We are credentialed with the CCW and handle the environmental adaptation paperwork at no charge.

New Orleans veterans work through the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (800-935-8387). The VA HISA grant covers up to $6,800 for service-connected disabilities and up to $2,000 for non-service-connected. For severely disabled veterans, the SAH and SHA grants can cover significantly more. We pre-fill VA Form 10-0103 and work directly with the HISA coordinator at SLVHCS. Military retirees from NAS Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse are among our most frequent VA callers.

If a Louisiana-licensed physician recommends the stairlift in writing (we provide the letter template), the IRS classifies it as a qualified medical expense under Schedule A. For households that itemize, the full installation cost reduces taxable income — usually worth $600 to $2,400 back depending on bracket. Louisiana also has a state income tax, so Louisiana residents who itemize on both federal and state returns can capture the deduction twice. Our office walks you through whether itemizing makes sense for your 2026 return.

Yes — three lending partners with 0% APR for qualified buyers and low fixed-rate plans from $79/month. Application is a soft credit pull (no hit to your score), takes about 4 minutes, and approval is usually instant. Many New Orleans families combine financing with the IRS medical deduction or a partial VA grant to bring the monthly payment down further. We walk you through the math during the free assessment.