Facts to Consider Before Buying Ramps for Home Use

Can you reminisce the day when you first stepped into the school holding the hands of your parents? Time flies, right? Now, you might be taking your parents outside holding their hands. They have devoted their entire life to taking care of us. Now, it’s our turn. With the passing time, our parents get older and need our attention and care the way we once needed in our childhood. Care can be taken in multiple forms- physical, financial, and emotional. Physical care may include taking care of their health, financial care may come in the form of paying their bills on their behalf or taking care of their investments, and emotional care needs child’s companionship.

If you want your parents or grandparents to live with you, it is important to make their living easier. You might be thinking of revamping your bedroom or bathroom. What about the staircases or steps? Often aged people find out difficult to come down the steps. For them, you need to consider ramps for home use.

When you have decided on installing ramps for older members of your family, it is better to look into every little detail that may have an impact on regular use. Listed here are a few facts you need to consider:

Length of the ramp

Length plays a vital role in choosing a residential ramp. If you select a ramp that is too short, it may result in a steep grade. Steep grade turns the ramp into a dangerous tool. Longer ramps help to reduce the steepness of the slope. It makes ramps safer and easy to use. However, selection of ramp length will depend on the place where you want to install the ramp and the surrounding situations.

You can choose the ramp length considering the uses. If you need the ramp for unoccupied use, experts may recommend you 3:12 slope; if the ramp is needed for occupied use, you should recommend 2:12 slope; for installation of commercial handicap ramp, you will need 1:12 slope. People having a reading room or wine room, often need commercial ramp for home.

You should take the following measures into account to determine the length:

• The total vertical rise you need to overcome
• The available distance without any hurdles measuring straight out from the peak of height
• Total usable width of the area

Types

There is a variety of ramps available in the market. Most demanding types include:

1. Free-Standing

With a free-standing ramp, you can easily turn your wheelchair accessible. It makes the ramp sturdiest and long-lasting. These ramps are made of wood and aluminum.

2. Portable

When you are going to purchase ramps for home use, you would want to move it anywhere in your home. Portable ramps are the best option for this purpose.

3. Threshold

These ramps are smaller in size and mainly used to fill small height gaps. These ramps are better to overcome the height difference between the two rooms.

Bottom Line

Apart from these, you should consider the safety concerns and buy products having compliance with manufacture related norms.

Bianca Bradfield is an experienced contractor who has specialized in building contemporary wine cellars. He always suggests drinking wine sensibly. He is also an active blogger.