Gary Renick | April 30, 2009
As any good Webmaster will do, I am constantly checking and analyzing my site to find ways to improve it. One of the statistics that is gathered are keyword search phrases. I have recently notice a great deal of interest in information on building wooden wheelchair ramps. While I recently wrote an article entitled “Ramp [...]
Category: Do-it-yourself, Handicap Issues |
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Gary Renick | April 1, 2009
When I started this blog almost a year ago I envisioned a site where you would come and post your questions about accessibility and I would answer them for you. I was a newbie and in a lot of ways I still am. I have learned that you have been asking me questions all along, [...]
Category: Do-it-yourself, Government Policy, Residential Standards, The ADA |
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Gary Renick | December 19, 2008
Well things are finally back to normal around here. Everything is cleaned up from the storm and we finally were able to tackle our first do it yourself accessibility project. And what better place to start but the front door. Up until this project I had been using a wooden ramp to get in and [...]
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Gary Renick | December 19, 2008
Garden
When we think of the garden we generally see beds of shrubs and flowers. But when we consider accessible design for the garden we will deal with the hard scape. By hard scape we mean raised beds, water features, and walkways or paths. In dealing with the garden we must keep three basic things in [...]
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Gary Renick | December 19, 2008
Patios
In discussing patios, I am also including decks, as many of the design factors apply to both, but there are certain things that are unique to decks. The unique considerations of decks is a subject for a different day. A patio is any outdoor area, usually a poured concrete slab adjacent to an entrance to [...]
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