http://www.stair-lift-review.com/maintenance/maintenance-of-stair-lifts/ Stair Chair Lifts - Acorn - Bruno - A1 - Electric StairLift Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:56:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.stair-lift-review.com/maintenance/maintenance-of-stair-lifts/#comment-65 Lift Engineer Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:37:35 +0000 http://www.stair-lift-review.com/maintenance/maintenance-of-stair-lifts/#comment-65 In reply to the post by "Biomedical Engineer". I find the comment regarding the types of people repairing stairlifts quite offensive. I am a Diploma Certified Engineer in the UK and before moving into management I used to repair lifting platforms and stairlifts for a living. All my engineers are qualified in there own rights before joining the company and I spend a lot of time and energy ensuring that we give the highest standard of service. Product training is highly important. It only takes one mistake by someone like you who think they are better the trained engineers. The next thing you know a member of the public is lying at the bottom of the stairs because some idiot is messing around with a piece of machinery they know nothing about. There are many different diciplines of engineering. Get it out of your head that you cannot be an engineer and repair stairlifts. In reply to the post by “Biomedical Engineer”. I find the comment regarding the types of people repairing stairlifts quite offensive. I am a Diploma Certified Engineer in the UK and before moving into management I used to repair lifting platforms and stairlifts for a living. All my engineers are qualified in there own rights before joining the company and I spend a lot of time and energy ensuring that we give the highest standard of service. Product training is highly important. It only takes one mistake by someone like you who think they are better the trained engineers. The next thing you know a member of the public is lying at the bottom of the stairs because some idiot is messing around with a piece of machinery they know nothing about. There are many different diciplines of engineering. Get it out of your head that you cannot be an engineer and repair stairlifts.

]]> http://www.stair-lift-review.com/maintenance/maintenance-of-stair-lifts/#comment-24 Biomedical Engineer Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.stair-lift-review.com/maintenance/maintenance-of-stair-lifts/#comment-24 I have repaired a number of these chairs for friends and family members. I have found them to be rather simple in design, but the service companies that will repair these lifts are charging entirely too much. I first serviced my grandmother's after a company came out and charged a minimum $250 to walk in the door. The chair was inoperative in 2 weeks, and they wanted another $250 to come back out. As far as only an "Engineer" working on these, I wouldn't need to tap into my Engineering expertise to figure these systems out. An experienced electronic/mechanical technician would be totally competent of performing maintenance on these chairs. Let's be honest, nobody with an engineering degree is out fixing chair lifts. If the company states that they employ "Engineers", then ask for the credentials. I have repaired a number of these chairs for friends and family members. I have found them to be rather simple in design, but the service companies that will repair these lifts are charging entirely too much. I first serviced my grandmother’s after a company came out and charged a minimum $250 to walk in the door. The chair was inoperative in 2 weeks, and they wanted another $250 to come back out. As far as only an “Engineer” working on these, I wouldn’t need to tap into my Engineering expertise to figure these systems out. An experienced electronic/mechanical technician would be totally competent of performing maintenance on these chairs. Let’s be honest, nobody with an engineering degree is out fixing chair lifts. If the company states that they employ “Engineers”, then ask for the credentials.

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