Ramp design, exit to garden

A ramp design with built-in seating area leads from the kitchen to the garden

Description
A ramp from the kitchen leads around the house to a seating area, and continues to the patio and then down to the garden. The old kitchen stairway remains in place and a plank prevents the user from driving down the stairway.

Authors comments
The plank was added after the user almost drove down the stairs.

Paid for by
Municipality

Tip is dated from 2007

Categories for this tip
housing » thresholds/ramps, Tips and tricks from people with High tetraplegia with partly function in arms/hands (C5-6, ASIA A, B).

Related tips: 3

	Seating with folding table Folding table – a place to sit in the sun Tip is dated from 2007.
	Glassed-in patio with infrared heating A glassed-in patio allows people who freeze easily to be outdoors on chilly days and evenings – suitable for wheelchair users Tip is dated from 2007.
	Wheelchair accessible house Successful modification of old two-story home Tip is dated from 2007.