Wheelchair Porch Lifts in Hummelstown and Lower Paxton, PA

Suburban decks, garages, and split entries

The Harrisburg platform lift page covers the city's high porches and public buildings. Out here the problem is different: a raised deck off the kitchen, a garage three or four steps below the main floor, a split-level entry with a half flight either way, or a ranch with a front porch and a yard that slopes. A Multilift on a pad beside the deck, or on the garage floor rising to the door into the house, takes about 5 by 6 feet and does not touch the structure. The garage install is the one we like best for Lower Paxton: it stays dry, it is out of sight, and the rider goes from the car to the kitchen without weather. Hummelstown borough's older homes near the square have the front porch version, and South Hanover Township the deck version.

The Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Hummelstown and Hershey Medical Center next door send a steady number of people home with a chair, and a lift drawing at the first visit lets the pad and circuit start before the discharge.

Vertical platform lifts for Lower Paxton and Linglestown homes

For a garage or a deck the lift is almost always the Savaria Multilift, because its rise of 48 to 72 inches matches the three or four steps between a garage slab and the kitchen, and its self-supporting tower stands on the existing floor. It is screw driven, rated 750 lb, outdoor rated for the deck version, and comes with a gate at the top landing and a fold-up ramp at the bottom. Where the deck is higher than 6 feet, the hydraulic Savaria V-1504 takes over, open or enclosed. A split-level entry inside the house can take the Savaria Prolift, an enclosed cab with automatic doors. The Harmar Highlander II is a residential alternative we quote when its sizes fit a particular home better. Battery backup is available on every one of them so the lift runs in an outage. The vertical platform lifts page has the comparison.

What a porch lift costs in Hummelstown

Garage installs are the affordable end of platform lifts, and Lower Paxton has a lot of attached garages. The slab is already there, so there is often no pad to pour; the lift is a short-rise open Multilift, the lower cost model; and the only site work is a dedicated circuit. An outdoor deck lift adds a pad and sometimes an enclosure, which moves the number up. The written quote, within 24 hours of a free visit, shows the lift and any site work on separate lines. Residential lifts need no state permit in Pennsylvania; the township may require a building permit for an outdoor 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 where one is needed, and the dedicated 120V 20A circuit. Your electrician 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. Hummelstown is about 25 minutes from our shop in Etters and Lower Paxton about 20, on the same route as Hershey and Harrisburg, so visits and service are quick. Platform lift service calls are a flat rate plus mileage, never hourly. Stairs inside the house are on the Hummelstown and Middletown stairlift page.

Drive time and scheduling

Hummelstown is about 25 minutes from our shop in Etters, PA. We group visits by area, so a free consultation in Hummelstown 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: Lower Paxton Township, Linglestown, Colonial Park, South Hanover Township, Paxtonia, Hershey, Middletown.

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