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House adaptions - lifts

Our son is 4 (weighs 16kg) and has quadriplegic CP. We're in the process of adapting our house and are interested to hear about other people’s experiences with through-floor lifts. We’re considering waiting a few years to get a lift installed and continuing to carry our son up and down stairs in the meantime, as don’t want to give up the space yet.
We wondered what your thoughts and recommendations might be on what age / weight you think a lift would be necessary? Any thoughts or advice on lifts in general would be much appreciated. Thanks!
We wondered what your thoughts and recommendations might be on what age / weight you think a lift would be necessary? Any thoughts or advice on lifts in general would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Not sure if any of that will have helped, but do come back with any more questions - my son is 14 and has a unique chromosome disorder / epilepsy / sld / bilateral ddh / part time wheelchair user /scoliosis / haemophilia etc etc etc! He weighs about 55kg and my back is shot because I was adamant I was fine lifting/carrying him for longer than I should have!
Lucas