Wheelchair Porch Lifts in Hershey, PA

Hershey homes and where a lift goes

Derry Township's older homes near Chocolate and Cocoa avenues have a high front porch with four to eight steps and a yard too small for a 40 foot ramp. The newer homes toward Bullfrog Valley, the Hershey Meadows area, and the developments off Route 322 have raised decks off the kitchen, split entries, and garages a few steps below the main floor. In every one of those cases a vertical platform lift takes a footprint of about 5 by 6 feet, on a pad beside the steps or inside the garage, and rises straight to the door. Our Hershey deck install used an enclosed lift so the rider stays out of the weather; a second Hershey lift serves a building on a Derry Township campus. The Hershey elevator page covers the inside of the house, and the Hershey stairlift page the stairs.

Discharge planners at the Medical Center and the rehab hospital know us, and a lift measured one week and installed the next is a common request.

Vertical platform lifts for Hershey homes

Savaria Multilift: screw drive, 750 lb, 48 to 72 inches of rise, self-supporting tower, outdoor rated, gate at the top and a fold-up ramp at the bottom. The usual answer for a porch, deck, or garage. Savaria V-1504: hydraulic, 750 lb, for rises above 6 feet, open or enclosed, which is what the Hershey deck install used. Savaria Prolift: an enclosed cab with automatic doors for an indoor split level. Harmar Highlander II: a residential screw-drive lift for up to 14 feet, quoted when its sizes fit better. Battery backup is available so the lift runs in an outage. Compare open, enclosed, and cab models on the vertical platform lifts page.

Porch lift cost in Hershey

The enclosure is the biggest single choice on a Hershey quote. Our deck install used one so the rider stays out of the weather, and it adds to the lift price; an open Multilift beside a porch costs less. After that, the rise and the gates set the number, and the pad and circuit are quoted on their own line as site work. Everything is in writing within 24 hours of a free visit. Residential lifts need no state permit in Pennsylvania; Derry Township may require a building permit for the pad, and we handle it. Financing is available. Under about 30 inches of rise a modular ramp is usually the lower cost answer and we price it beside the lift. Brackets are in the FAQ, and the ramp versus lift post explains how to choose.

Installed in a day

We measure the rise, set the landing positions and the gate swing, and give you a drawing for the pad, a level reinforced slab about 4 inches thick, and the dedicated 120V 20A circuit. Your contractor or ours does that prep, then we install the lift in a day, test it with the rider, and walk you through the controls and the manual lowering. Hershey is about 30 minutes from our shop in Etters, on the same route as Hummelstown and Palmyra, so visits and service are quick. Platform lift service calls are a flat rate plus mileage, never hourly.

Drive time and scheduling

Hershey is about 30 minutes from our shop in Etters, PA. We group visits by area, so a free consultation in Hershey is usually available within a few days, and a residential platform lift is installed in a day once the pad and circuit are ready. Nearby towns we cover from the same route: Derry Township, Hummelstown, Palmyra, Campbelltown, Middletown, Annville, Grantville.

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Everything we do in Hershey: stairlifts, home elevators, platform lifts, modular ramps, and repair. The platform lifts page lists every town we cover for this product. Or get a price now with the online stairlift quote.