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How do I get an accessible ramp installed?

First start by asking yourself, do I need an accessible ramp. To simplify the answer, you need to know if there is an elevation from ground level into your home. More likely than not there is a grade difference, so you then ask do you have difficulty with this difference? If no is the answer, that’s great, you have no need for a ramp now and in the foreseeable future. If you answered yes, or sometimes, an accessible ramp may become a viable solution for you.

Find a local home medical equipment supplier and ask them if they deal in home accessibility ramps. The goal is to book a home visit with a few to get free estimates for the trouble area. With a pleasant conversation and the right questions asked, you can discover the mix of products or services they offer. They may carry only portable ramps that often fold up, can be placed at door thresholds and small steps
and can be picked up and dropped in place with ease. There are suppliers that offer contractor services to build wood ramps to your specifications. You’ll also come across stores that sell and install vertical platform lifts. If you dig enough, you could even find a dealer that sells and installs Modular aluminum ramp systems and is keen on talking to you about how these accessible ramps can really benefit you.
Book a home assessment with these providers first.

While you are meeting with the ramp suppliers, ask them if the ramps can be used as temporary ramps. For instance, you want a rental ramp solution until further notice, similar to a “try before you buy.” It is also good to find out if their modular ramps have built in adjustability. Do the ramps they offer require structural changes or additions or is the ramp installation independent? Ensure that door thresholds are considered in the ramp solution as well. They can be pesky hindrances to smooth home accessibility. Finally find out if the modular ramp provider, sells new ramps, carries used wheelchair accessible ramps to buy, offers rent to own ramps or simply rents the temporary modular ramp systems. From this you can gather, who is in the game that knows their stuff from those that may have wasted your time.

Should you be in the city of Ottawa and surrounding area, we would be happy to take your call. We provide a number of accessible ramp solutions, including rental ramps, accessible ramp purchases, custom built ramps and small threshold ramps. We strive to make accessible ramps, for you, easy and convenient.

regionalramp.forcefivedev.ca
613-262-1881