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Cabinet lifts

Use The Butler when you need to adjust one cabinet or work surface.  It has 9 inches of height adjustability and will lift up to 150 pounds.  A safety switch will sense if the cabinet comes in contact with an object.

Use The Laundry Mate when you need to adjust a bank of heavier cabinet (up to 250 pounds).  It has a twin lift mechanism.  Like the Glider, it is heavy duty, has fingertip height adjustability (9") and is precision built.   

Use The Organizer when you need to adjust shelves up-and-down 18".  It will lift up to 250 pounds.

Use these patent-pending lifts in new construction or if you want to remodel your kitchen or work area to make it more adaptable.  An optional infrared controller is also available.

 
Here is a "before" picture of a kitchen in a transition skills training program.  The previous kitchen has a open area for kitchen sink wheelchair access.  Overall, this kitchen is not very wheelchair accessible.

Our design includes (A) lowering the kitchen sink and using a sink that is only six inches deep.  The kitchen faucet has a removeable sprayer and a lever for water temperature.  The 66" wide wall cabinet group above the sink (B) will raise and lower, using two 9-inch vertical height electric lifts.  The 30" wide wall cabinet near the cooktop (C) will raise and lower 18 inches, using one lift.  The cooktop will raise and lower on a separate lift pair.  The school has a separate kitchen, in which they can teach oven cooking skills.

The corner base lazy susan's interior hardware will be replaced with a Rev-A-Lock 5272-32CR metal lazy susan hardware kit.  The 15" wide base unit next to the cooktop will be outfitted with a Rev-A-Lock 5WB2-1111-CR, 11-3/4" x 22" two shelf pull out hardware unit.

Replacement costs for this kitchen is about $8,400.  This price includes $4,200 for the four cabinet lifts (purchased from us), and $4,200 for new kitchen cabinets, sink, faucet cooktop, countertops, and Rev-a-shelf units purchased from Lowes.  Removal of the old cabinets or installation of new cabinets and equipment are not included in this price.  The existing refrigerator is being reused.

An interesting article on designing kitchens for wheelchair accessibility can be read here.

For more information, call us at 262-497-2761.