How to make a transition strip fit a slop/ramp? I am in a…
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How to make a transition strip fit a slop/ramp?
I am in a wheelchair and have a very steep, completely non-ADA compliant ramp that a family member cheaply threw together for me years ago as my only way in and out of my home. I have no problem with the ramp itself, but at the top of the ramp when I get to the door there is like a half inch or more dip between the the metal threshold and the ramp surface.
Picture:
https://i.imgur.com/Xing93g.jpeg
In my older wheelchairs this wasn't a problem because they had larger front casters (the little wheels in the front), I could just roll over that bump no problem... My newest wheelchair has much smaller casters and those small casters just stop when they hit this bump... I then have to quickly grab the door frame and hang on for dear life while rocking back and forth and pulling forward to try and shimmy the casters up over the bump. So I am just looking for a way to smooth this transition so I can just roll over it again.
I found transition strips, but pretty much all of them I see are made for level indoor surfaces... Not an outdoor transition from a flat surface to a sloped surface.
Can anyone suggest a cheap product/solution here? I am not handy at all, so I have few tools and basically no know-how.
Thanks
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I am in a wheelchair and have a very steep, completely non-ADA compliant ramp that a family member cheaply threw together for me years ago as my only way in and out of my home. I have no problem with the ramp itself, but at the top of the ramp when I get to the door there is like a half inch or more dip between the the metal threshold and the ramp surface.
Picture:
https://i.imgur.com/Xing93g.jpeg
In my older wheelchairs this wasn't a problem because they had larger front casters (the little wheels in the front), I could just roll over that bump no problem... My newest wheelchair has much smaller casters and those small casters just stop when they hit this bump... I then have to quickly grab the door frame and hang on for dear life while rocking back and forth and pulling forward to try and shimmy the casters up over the bump. So I am just looking for a way to smooth this transition so I can just roll over it again.
I found transition strips, but pretty much all of them I see are made for level indoor surfaces... Not an outdoor transition from a flat surface to a sloped surface.
Can anyone suggest a cheap product/solution here? I am not handy at all, so I have few tools and basically no know-how.
Thanks
#diy
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