Platform Lift & Home Lift
Installation Hexham

A through-floor home lift in Hexham usually starts between £18,000 and £22,000, while a compact commercial platform lift for a market-place shop or office generally begins around £15,000 depending on travel height and finish. Outdoor wheelchair lifts fall lower. We survey the property first and issue a fixed written quotation, so the figure covers supply, installation and certification in full, with no further charges appearing once the work has started.

An internal home lift inside a Hexham house does not normally need planning permission, since it counts as an internal alteration rather than an extension. The work falls under Building Regulations, which we deal with for you. Many town-centre buildings are listed or in the conservation area, so for those, or for an external lift, we confirm the position with Northumberland County Council before any work starts.

Most lift installations in Hexham are completed within three to five working days. A straightforward through-floor lift between two rooms can be ready in two to three days, while a commercial cabin lift for a larger building takes a little longer. After the survey we give you a clear schedule, and our engineers work tidily so your Hexham home or business stays in use while the lift is installed.

Yes. Hexham's stone town-houses and valley properties are a familiar setting for us, and a through-floor lift suits them because it needs neither a shaft nor a machine room. It rises through a small opening between a downstairs room and the bedroom above, taking roughly the footprint of an armchair. We survey the floor structure first, with care for older features, before choosing the position that best fits the house.

For many Hexham homes, yes. A stairlift carries one seated person and partly blocks the staircase, while a platform or through-floor lift takes a wheelchair, a walking frame or two people standing, and keeps the stairs clear for the household. Where access needs may grow over time, the lift gives far more room to adapt, which matters in the town's older, often steeper, valley housing.

Yes. We service and maintain every lift we install across Hexham, Corbridge, Prudhoe, Riding Mill and Acomb, and we are happy to take on lifts fitted by other companies. Regular servicing keeps a lift safe, smooth and compliant, and our local engineers respond quickly to call-outs across the Tyne valley. Most Hexham clients take an annual maintenance plan with a full inspection and priority response if anything ever needs attention.

Less than most Hexham residents imagine. A through-floor home lift uses about the footprint of a small armchair on each floor, around 1.5 square metres, and needs only a shallow 150mm pit rather than deep excavation. A wheelchair platform lift needs clear floor for the platform plus its approach. We measure your rooms during the survey and recommend the most compact unit that still carries everyone safely and comfortably.

Yes. Our engineers are SafeContractor accredited under CN8516, and we install to EN 81-41 for vertical lifting platforms, Part M of the Building Regulations and BS 8300:2018. We use our own trained teams rather than subcontractors on every Hexham installation, so the same people survey, fit and commission the lift. Each one is tested, certified and signed off before handover, with full documentation left with you when the job is done.