Elmwood sits in the southwest corner of the city, where the Route 36 trolley rolls down Elmwood Avenue. Bartram’s Garden, the oldest surviving botanic garden in the country, is just up the road. Many of the blocks between Woodland Avenue and the airport were built in the 1920s, and plenty of the people living on them have been there for decades.
Those 1920s homes, many of them Airlite rowhomes and porch-front twins, were laid out with every bedroom on the second floor and the washer down in the basement. Add a few concrete steps up to an enclosed front porch and a single upstairs bathroom, and an ordinary day can include a dozen climbs.
101 Mobility of Greater Philadelphia makes those climbs optional. We visit your Elmwood home, measure the stairs and the entry, and leave a written quote with clear options. Call (215) 608-0866 to set up a free in-home consultation.
“I can’t get up to bed anymore” – A straight stairlift from Bruno, Savaria, or Handicare mounts to the stair treads, not the wall, so most installs on a standard rowhome staircase are finished in one visit of a few hours.
“The porch steps are the hardest part” – For a short rise, a modular aluminum ramp gives a gentle slope down to the sidewalk. Where the front yard is too shallow for a ramp, a vertical platform lift raises you straight up to porch level.
“Mom is nervous in the shower” – Bath safety products like grab bars and ShowerBuddy transfer seats make a compact bathroom safer without tearing anything out.
“I help my husband out of bed every morning” – A patient lift takes the strain off the caregiver, and a lift chair makes standing up from the living room recliner much easier.
Recovering from a knee replacement or recent injury? We offer rental and refurbished stairlifts and ramps, so you can get home safely now and decide on the long term later.
We work on homes across Elmwood Park and the Mount Moriah section, from Cobbs Creek Parkway down through the blocks off Lindbergh Boulevard and Island Avenue. Our installers also cover nearby Cobbs Creek, West Philadelphia, Yeadon, and Upper Darby.
Our showroom and technicians are based in Bensalem, so the people who install your lift are the same people who service it. You can ride a stairlift at our showroom before you buy, and financing is available for those who qualify.
Ready to make your Elmwood home easier to live in? Request a free consultation or call (215) 608-0866.
My front porch is enclosed. Can you still add a ramp? It depends on the door width and how much room sits between the porch and the sidewalk. Some enclosed porches work well with a ramp; others are better suited to a platform lift. We’ll measure and explain both during the visit.
Will a stairlift block the stairs for everyone else? No. The seat, arms, and footrest fold up when not in use, leaving the staircase open for the rest of the household.
How soon can a stairlift be installed? Straight stairlifts don’t need a custom-built rail, so they can usually be installed sooner than curved models, sometimes even next-day. We’ll give you a realistic timeline along with your quote, as we wait for any approvals needed.
