Gary Renick | January 12, 2009
The other day I wrote about people who park in handicap spaces that shouldn’t. Well that just reminded me of another pet peeve of mine. That is so called handicapped restrooms that are not really. There are several different type of what I like to call “Handicap bathroom want to be’s” . The first is [...]
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Gary Renick | January 2, 2009
I have a pet peeve and that is people who park in handicap parking illegally. My wife used to say I over reacted, but now that she drives me around in my lift van all the time she is just as vocal as I am. I no longer am able to drive, so that is [...]
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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 [...]
Category: Do-it-yourself, Handicap Issues, Residential Standards |
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Gary Renick | December 19, 2008
Parking and Entrances
As you can see from the illustration at the right, an accessible driveway is flat and level. Also there are no sudden changes in elevation from one area to another. The driveway is also wider than a one- car driveway by approximately another car width. This allows extra space on the right side [...]
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Gary Renick | December 19, 2008
Outdoor Kitchen
When the term “outdoor kitchen” is used it can mean anything from a tabletop charcoal grill to a custom built outdoor kitchen setup. For the purpose of this discussion, we will talk about the latter. As with the indoor kitchen, counter top height is restricted to 32” anywhere it is expected that a [...]
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