What the work is
The lip at a doorway, a shower entry or a level change between rooms is a small thing that stops a walker completely. A ramped threshold takes it out.
The two questions are slope and edges. Too steep and it does not help; unsecured edges and it becomes the thing you trip on. It has to be fixed down, and the transition has to work in both directions.
What is included
- Measuring the rise and setting the slope to suit it
- The threshold, cut to the opening and fixed down
- Finishing both edges so nothing catches
- Checking it with the actual walker or chair before we leave
What is not
- Exterior ramps and anything structural, which is a different job
- Altering a door or its frame
- Flooring repair either side
Bring the equipment to the fitting
A threshold that works on paper and catches a particular walker's front wheels is a common outcome. We check with the thing that actually has to cross it before we call the job done.
What to ask anyone quoting this, us included
- What slope, and does it suit my equipment?
- Is it fixed down, and how?
- Have you tested it with my walker?