How to Build a Wheelchair Ramp | This Old House
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- With Charlie Silva’s help, Lexington homeowner Billy will construct a DIY wheelchair ramp for his son Caffrey to use at his summer camp.
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Great project for high school woodshop
You’re a good man Charlie!
Nice to see the install...
All homes should be built to accommodate the elderly and disabled. This will be better for everyone.
Large wide doorways and hallways make using a cane, walker or wheel chair much easier.
Bathrooms or wet rooms need to have flat floors and no shower hump or pan. A flat floor allows for easy access and drains need to provided.
Easy to use lever door and faucet handles are easier for the elderly to grip and open.
Main floors should include a master bedroom, restroom, shower, laundry and wide walk in closet with few steps to enter.
Homes should be designed with aging in place in mind.
Most people wont pay for features they won’t use.
There's not enough room in cities for that kind of thing.
Nope, sorry @@Ariel1S @bngr_bngr you'll just have to pay 40% more for ADA-compliant housing or be homeless, all because @KJSvitko thinks it would be "better for everyone" for all housing to cater to the elderly/disabled. Next, all cars will be required to come with wheelchair lifts and hand controls, just in case.
@@Ariel1S like affordable housing... you plan for a percentage, not for all of them.
@@rupe53 The person I replied to said "all". And people who need these build them, and you then you have a percentage with them.
Very nice
Just needs a safety rail to reduce chance of someone or something falling off the side now.
ffs
Got to leave a lil room for adventure
Well, I thought I heard at :53 " put it together, take it apart, and re-assemble at destination. " ??? The upper threshold diamond plate was visually bent lengthwise for ramp/floor fit and relief on lower diamond plate on 2X woulda/coulda entertained viewers either on a table saw or other equipment. Altogether brief overview, didn't mention securing to existing step and obviously handrail not shown in this video, maybe next one, to keep anyone from stumbling off ramp going up or down. Otherwise job well done.
Oh billy!
You missed showing all the important/difficult parts ie cutting down the 2x8 for the diamond plate.
Tommy probably did it.
Non ferrous blade on a skill saw does it.
Can have it sheared in two seconds at a metal shop.
You're building Beansie a ramp!
How bout I build a ramp to the rass.....
Use rebar for sidebars. Dirt cheap, paint a zany color, lasts forever.
Drill holes, thread the lengths into the holes or use random…think tossing dry spaghetti.
Something like this could be sold door to door, anyone would be interested.
Sidebars?
@ Balustrades .
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I'm feeling really motivated.
Could you share some details about the biweekly topic you brought up?
Thanks to my co-worker (Alex) who suggested Mrs Ann Marie strunk.
She's a licensed broker, very big in the states 🇺🇸.I did my research.
After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.
I know that woman (Mrs Ann Marie strunk ) if you where born and raised in New York you’d know too No Bingle doubt she’s the one that helped me !!!
You're gonna build Beansie a ramp.
42 inch high rail with bottom , middle rail and top cap needed to pass codes
According to who?
Maybe code in YOUR backwater town.
Code varies quite a bit place to place.
in most places a 1 ft rise doesn't call for a hand rail but it wouldn't hurt to put on on the building side here.
Charlie ain't Tommy.
you can tell by the different name.
David ain't Darlene.
Soccer ain't football.
Water ain't hamburger.
Where are we going with this?
@@acerjuglans383 LOL, Soccer ain't football? The majority of the world will have a different opinion on that one.
And you’re not anything
Your grandfather Tommy will be needing the ramp too.
Tommy could throw you across the room and make sure you land on your head plumb, level and square.
Tommy is the only one worth watching or listening to on TOH.
@@davidparker9676 well, Tommy and Norm. OTOH, we don't see Norm too often these days.