Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Camborne

A home lift in Camborne typically costs between fifteen and thirty thousand pounds, depending on how many floors it serves, the finish you select and how the building is constructed. An older granite miner's terrace may need more groundwork than a modern Pool house. We provide a fixed written quotation after a free survey, so the price is settled before work begins, with no extra costs added once the job is under way.

Usually not. A home lift fitted within the property counts as permitted development, so no planning permission is required in Camborne. Listed mining-related buildings and homes within a conservation area can differ, and external lifts may need consent. We check the position for your specific address before starting and arrange Building Regulations approval where it applies, keeping the installation fully compliant throughout.

A typical home or platform lift in Camborne takes three to five working days to install. The unit comes factory-built, so most of the on-site time is spent forming the opening, fitting the lift and finishing the surround. We arrange the work around your household so the home stays usable, returning rooms to you as each stage of the installation is completed and cleaned up.

Yes. The granite miners' terraces across Camborne and Tuckingmill often have solid floors and thick stone walls, which our engineers assess on survey before fitting. A through-floor lift typically suits these compact homes well, rising into a bedroom above the living room. We position it to keep the terrace's proportions and finish the surround so it sits naturally within the older granite interior.

Each suits a different need. A stairlift works for someone who can walk a little and transfer onto a seat, and is the cheaper option. A platform lift carries a wheelchair user, their chair and a companion between floors without transferring, giving a smoother, more dignified ride. For a wheelchair user in a two or three-storey Camborne home, the platform lift is usually the better long-term choice.

Yes. We offer service and maintenance contracts across Camborne and the surrounding district, covering Redruth, Pool, Illogan, Tuckingmill, Beacon and Troon. Regular servicing keeps a lift safe, smooth and reliable and meets the manufacturer's requirements. Our own engineers carry out every visit, attend any callouts, and keep complete records of the checks and adjustments made to your lift over the years.

Not much at all. A through-floor home lift needs a footprint of about one square metre, roughly the size of an armchair, plus clear floor on the storey above. It requires only a shallow 150mm pit and no separate machine room. In a compact Camborne miner's terrace we position the lift carefully so the living space below stays as open and usable as we can make it.

Yes. Our engineers are SafeContractor accredited (CN8516) and work to EN 81-41, Part M of the Building Regulations and BS 8300:2018. Every Camborne installation is handled by our own trained teams rather than subcontractors, and each lift is tested, certified and signed off before handover. You get a fully compliant, properly documented installation and a single accountable team from first survey to final completion.