The Edinburgh Access Lift is a vertically retracting set of stairs with two or three small treads followed by one large tread. This product was designed to suit listed buildings across the UK.

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Specifications

Minimum horizontal pit length: 1757 mm
Minimum platform size: 1678 x 935 mm
Maximum rise: 999 mm
Minimum pit depth below lower landing: 1457 mm + cladding & bedding

Features

The lift and stairs

The Edinburgh Access Lift uses the bottom step as a wheel stop to prevent wheelchair wheels from rolling off the lift table. This step will rise 100mm above the platform.

The wheel stop mechanism requires a 1650mm pit depth. If this space is an issue the system can be replaced with an automatic toe guard that rises through the bottom step but will be seen when the stairs are at rest.

The lift itself (the larger step) only requires a pit depth of 400 mm for a rise of 0 mm - 750 mm. For a rise between 750 mm and 999 mm, the pit depth would be 550 mm.

The lift table and stairs can be made to accept any cladding material, the thicker the cladding the deeper the pit depth.

Nominal platform dimensions for this lift and stairs can vary due to site requirements, however, they are more than or equal to:

1831 mm (l) x 1010 mm (w) x 0-999 mm. The length dimension is made up of the large tread and two smaller treads.

The Edinburgh Access Lift can have one, two, three or even four standard-size treads accompanying the larger lift tread.

Please click on the lifting actuator link for more information on the mechanism used to raise and lower the access lift.
The upper landing barrier

The Edinburgh Access Lift often uses the existing upper landing door as the upper landing barrier. This is due to the listed building requirements to keep a staircase looking exactly as it has for hundreds of years. However, this is not always the case.

Please see the upper landing barriers link for more information.
User type
System requirements

The Edinburgh Access Lift houses a solid stainless steel skirt below the lift. Please see concealing the underside of the lift for more information.

For details on the power supply please see the lift power supply

For general details on the pit depth please see the lift pit

If the surrounding area presents a crush zone the lift table can be fitted with safety edges to detect an obstruction. Please see the crush hazards surrounding the moving lift for more information.

Please click on the Sesame stair lift controls for more information on the controls for this style of lift.
Variations to the Edinburgh Access Lift

Rather than the site's existing door acting as the upper landing barrier, the Sesame rising barrier can be used as seen here: Whitehall DDA Lift

The removable handheld post can be upgraded to a rising button post that rises through the lift platform. The post then retracts completely out of site when not in use, as seen here: Victoria Chair Lift in London.

Alternatively, the removable hand-held post can be replaced with a permanent button post as seen here: Mayfair Stairlift. This system also requires a significantly shallower lift pit.

If you need to maintain the same layout of the staircase but do not have the vertical pit depth then the Kensington Stairlift in London is the answer.