At the moment, it’s a buyer’s market when it comes to homes, so finding your dream home will be easy, right? What will it change, though, if your dream home must be Electric Wheel Chair accessible? Getting an existing home which happens to be wheelchair accessible it not easy to do. It’s more practical to work with the home you now own and, if you can, remodel your home to be wheelchair accessible. A simpler course of action, though not necessarily cheaper, is to construct that dream house. Whichever of those courses of action you decide on; below are several universal items of advice to think about.
Unsurprisingly, a two-story home is rarely considered wheelchair accessible. Staircases will become issues, and even motorized lifts require much more space than residential staircases were intended to take up. If you can steer clear of upper floors or basement rooms in a home; do it. Ramps are reasonable for accessing the deck, but dramatic adjustments in floor level can create more conundrums than they solve. So you really have to be careful.
If you now are using an upstairs bedroom, it’s worth seeing if a residential elevator is an option. After your floors are settled, though, you ought to contemplate floor coverings. Accent rugs won’t help you, as they are famous for getting wrapped up in wheels. Carpets will probably be safe, assuming they will be wall-to-wall carpets or they incorporate an angled trim edge that will be affixed to the floor. It is really easier than it sounds.
If you’ve owned a wheelchair for even a month or two, you understand that entryways and work surface heights are very important. A wheelchair accessible doorway need to be at least 32’ wide, and any work counters for the Mobility Chair user must be approximately 34” high. A seated person is going to have difficulty reaching anything over 48” in the air, so upper cabinets or shelving should not hold anything important. This is something that is often overlooked.
A bathroom should be an oasis of calm in our stressful world, as a result, that is not the room where you ought to be repeatedly reminded about your limitations. If at all possible, a 3 x 4 ? foot roll-in shower stall really must be in your bathroom. Most existing toilets could be managed by adding grab bars and possibly a seat riser, but any plans to tweaking an existing bath surround will just decrease the level of irritation instead of solving the problem.
Thanks to the aging demographics of our country, there is a growing call for wheelchair accessible housing. Consequently, there is an expanding variety of available home plans as well as specific appliances to accommodate homeowners with inadequate mobility. Being in a Transport Wheelchair is not pleasant, even though today may be the best time so far to deal with that minor frustration in your life. So, think about your options, find a contractor and evolve your house into your home. Happy building!
