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Measure Your Stairs for a Stair Lift

Follow our step-by-step, short measuring online guide. Our Stair Lifts are designed for fast and easy installation. Submit online stair lift measurement. To watch video, click to play.

Stair Lift Measurement Video – TRT (12:19)
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Stair Lift Measurement Detailed Instructions | Printer-friendly guide

Left or Right Staircase

Staircase Mount: Looking up from the bottom of the staircase, determine if the stair lift will go on the
left or right side.
 

5 Step Measuring Instructions

Follow our easy five step process outline below to easily manage your stairs for a Summit Stair Lift. This should only take about 5-10 minutes to measure your stairs.

Measurement #1 – Nose to Floor:
Since the Summit Stairway Lift is custom cut to your stair’s specifications; this measurement is the most important. The lift’s rail will be cut to this specification.

What to do:
-Stand at the top of your stairs, extend your tape measure until it lays across all stair treads, and the tip of the tape-measure touches the landing at the bottom of the steps.

Measurement #2 – Nose to Nose:
Measure the nose of the top stair to the nose of the first step.

What to do:
Stand at the top of the stairs, extend your tape-measure until it lies across all stair treads and rests on the top edge of the first stair.

Measurement #3 – Obstruction:
To ensure that the lift will not hit an obstruction such as a door or wall, you will need to measure the distance from the bottom and top stair to the obstruction.

What to do:
-Measure the bottom rise to any obstructions (wall, door, frame, permanent piece of furniture, etc…)
-Measure the nose of the top stair to any obstructions (wall, door, frame, permanent piece of furniture, etc…)

Measurement #4 – Tread:
This measurement assists in determining the angle of the track and lift. The tread is the flat horizontal section of the stair.

What to do:
-Measure the depth of the flat horizontal section of the stair.

Measurement #5 – Rise:
This measurement also assists in determining the angle of the track and lift. The rise is the flat vertical section of the stair.

What to do:
Measure the height of the flat vertical section of the stair.