We had one fitted for MIL on one of the staircases, two rails with quite
complicated curves. It hasn't been used since she died a few years ago,
I am inclined to leave the rails in place but it would be nice to remove
the chair, until next required.

They seem to be cunningly designed so that only their approved
contractors can work on them (e.g. I'm buggered if I can see how to get
the batteries out to replace them).

I thought at first that the seat might "lift off" after removing the
constraints, but it looks to me as though you might need to wind it off
at the top, after removing the fairly simple "stop". Anyone know if this
is correct?

I've made a tool so that I can hand-wind it with a brace (and possibly
with the cordless drill) but before I take it up to the top it would be
nice to confirm if this is the way it is done. Otherwise I could see
myself ending up with a landing and stairwell full of ping-****its.

On 03/12/2015 21:31, newshound wrote:
We had one fitted for MIL on one of the staircases, two rails with quite
complicated curves. It hasn't been used since she died a few years ago,
I am inclined to leave the rails in place but it would be nice to remove
the chair, until next required.

They seem to be cunningly designed so that only their approved
contractors can work on them (e.g. I'm buggered if I can see how to get
the batteries out to replace them).

I thought at first that the seat might "lift off" after removing the
constraints, but it looks to me as though you might need to wind it off
at the top, after removing the fairly simple "stop". Anyone know if this
is correct?

I have never done a Stannah, one but have done a minivator one. That did
require you to manually wind it on or off of the top of the track.


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Cheers,

John.

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On 04/12/2015 13:38, John Rumm wrote:
On 03/12/2015 21:31, newshound wrote:
We had one fitted for MIL on one of the staircases, two rails with quite
complicated curves. It hasn't been used since she died a few years ago,
I am inclined to leave the rails in place but it would be nice to remove
the chair, until next required.

They seem to be cunningly designed so that only their approved
contractors can work on them (e.g. I'm buggered if I can see how to get
the batteries out to replace them).

I thought at first that the seat might "lift off" after removing the
constraints, but it looks to me as though you might need to wind it off
at the top, after removing the fairly simple "stop". Anyone know if this
is correct?

I have never done a Stannah, one but have done a minivator one. That did
require you to manually wind it on or off of the top of the track.


I will give that a go with this one. I think it might be a 229 (they
don't seem to display the model number anywhere). I've managed to figure
out how to remove the batteries, though, so I will see if there is any
chance of getting some charge into them.

On 03/12/15 21:31, newshound wrote:

I thought at first that the seat might "lift off" after removing the
constraints, but it looks to me as though you might need to wind it off
at the top, after removing the fairly simple "stop". Anyone know if this
is correct?

Here is a video showing how to configure the electrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...30R1gsgGk#t=58

The chair easily comes off ...

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Adrian C

On 04/12/2015 19:53, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
On 03/12/15 21:31, newshound wrote:

I thought at first that the seat might "lift off" after removing the
constraints, but it looks to me as though you might need to wind it off
at the top, after removing the fairly simple "stop". Anyone know if this
is correct?

Here is a video showing how to configure the electrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...30R1gsgGk#t=58

The chair easily comes off ...

Excellent!

I believe that Stannah may make you an offer for the kit you have.
Obviously, not much, but it would clear your staircase. I guess it
depends whether you can see yourself needing it again in the foreseeable
future. Do stairlifts require servicing and insurance, like proper lifts?

On 04/12/2015 12:07, GB wrote:
I believe that Stannah may make you an offer for the kit you have.
Obviously, not much, but it would clear your staircase. I guess it
depends whether you can see yourself needing it again in the foreseeable
future. Do stairlifts require servicing and insurance, like proper lifts?


I thought I would at least leave the rail in place. I'm confident that
any offer would be derisory.

On 04/12/2015 07:09, Jonno wrote:
newshound scribbled


We had one fitted for MIL on one of the staircases, two rails with quite
complicated curves. It hasn't been used since she died a few years ago,
I am inclined to leave the rails in place but it would be nice to remove
the chair, until next required.

They seem to be cunningly designed so that only their approved
contractors can work on them (e.g. I'm buggered if I can see how to get
the batteries out to replace them).

I thought at first that the seat might "lift off" after removing the
constraints, but it looks to me as though you might need to wind it off
at the top, after removing the fairly simple "stop". Anyone know if this
is correct?

I've made a tool so that I can hand-wind it with a brace (and possibly
with the cordless drill) but before I take it up to the top it would be
nice to confirm if this is the way it is done. Otherwise I could see
myself ending up with a landing and stairwell full of ping-****its.


There's a stairlift forum

stairlift-forum.co.uk/forum/main-category/main-forum/261-stannah-rail-
removal

Thanks, I didn't think to google for forums. Will have a proper look later.