modza
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My wife and several friends have tripped on curbs, a single step down between rooms, and in shopping for a new home, we keep having to nix choices because they have a single step between living room and dining, or at the threshold, or elsewhere -- all recipes for disastrous falls -- and a barrier to possible wheelchairs in our future.
I know we can buy aluminum ramps designed for wheelchair access, but they're ugly -- and sometimes the step extends the full width of a room, so the possibility of a misstep remains.
Has anyone discovered or invented a reasonably unobtrusive, attractive and relatively inexpensive solution? In some cases, I suppose a new floating floor at the same level would work-- but how expensive is that? A full-room-width ramp could take up a lot of floor space if we held to the 1 inch drop per 12 inches standard.
A railing everywhere but at the best place to step down might draw enough subtle attention to be effective - although it defeats the open-space look we like.
Have you used any of these successfully (or not so -- cautionary tales are useful too!) -- or have any other ideas?
I know we can buy aluminum ramps designed for wheelchair access, but they're ugly -- and sometimes the step extends the full width of a room, so the possibility of a misstep remains.
Has anyone discovered or invented a reasonably unobtrusive, attractive and relatively inexpensive solution? In some cases, I suppose a new floating floor at the same level would work-- but how expensive is that? A full-room-width ramp could take up a lot of floor space if we held to the 1 inch drop per 12 inches standard.
A railing everywhere but at the best place to step down might draw enough subtle attention to be effective - although it defeats the open-space look we like.
Have you used any of these successfully (or not so -- cautionary tales are useful too!) -- or have any other ideas?