Articles for tag: Ramp

Karla News

How to Build a Handicap Ramp

Let’s face it. If you’re in a wheelchair, you’re not going up a flight stairs. But it’s not just for people in a wheelchair, anyone who has trouble walking can have some serious problems around stairs. So what do you do when you live in a home with steps and you can’t get inside? You ...

Karla News

How to Build a Storage Shed Ramp

A shed ramp is an important accessory to any garden shed. Whether you’re storing garden tools, bicycles, or a riding lawnmower in your shed, a ramp makes moving equipment much safer and easier. Different Types of Shed Ramps When adding a ramp to your shed, there are various materials you can use. Steel ramps have ...

Karla News

How to Bowl with a Ramp – Bowling with a Handicap

For the most part, handicapped people face insurmountable obstacles in the field of athletics. Quadriplegics can’t play contact sports. Those who are simply paralyzed from the waist down can certainly shoot a basketball or swing a bat, but you won’t see Stephen Hawking fielding for the Boston Red Sox anytime soon. There aren’t many sports ...

Building a Wheelchair Access Ramp at Home

Access ramps don’t just help those in wheelchairs and power chairs; they also help mothers with strollers and people using rolling walkers too. Before you begin construction, is recommended you check with your local building department on this issue for your state’s accessibility regulations. It is also recommend that you contact the U.S. Department of ...

Karla News

Build a Ramp for Your Shed

If you’ve own a shed and have ever tried to lug your lawn mower or other heavy equipment into it, you know how back breaking this is. It’s probably high time you build a ramp. It’s easy to do and save you the strain of heaving that heavy stuff into your shed. You need a ...