How Can I Build a Simple, Portable Yet Safe Wheelchair Ramp?
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you could easily build one with some lumber!
A piece of plywood 3/4 inch cut to fit width and a gradual slope will do.
You may be able to find a temporary ramp, we had one made of aluminum, cost about $70, but I'm not sure it would have covered 4 stairs.
Building one gets complicated in a hurry, if it is sturdy enough, it won't be portable.
The link below advertises free ramp plans.
if you would like to build one you can go too http://www.instructables.com/id/ECJY5ZWGOMEP286QWG/ for plans or you can buy one at http://www.portable-wheelchair-ramps.com/
a lot of home heath care places have portable ramps and there not real expensive.or you can go on the net and look for handicap ramps.
You would probably have to get contact on the city building code. Most cities specify how much of a slope ramps must be. I believe a lot of it has to do with insurance issues, too steep a ramp makes it difficult to manivour and person in chair may slip backwards, etc. Best of luck to you in having ramp built, I'm sure that your sister would appreciate this gesture and having some more independence when she visits.
If you have a menards where you live they have a machine by the lumber yard. You go up and scroll through the projects you are looking to make. When you find it you print it out and hand that paper to someone and they will gather and load all the supplies you need. But I don't know how cheap it would be.
Having lived for two weeks with a good friend of mine who is in a wheelchair, getting into and out of some places were rather difficult for her. Her friends house, for instance, had a few stairs by the front door. Rather than pay for, or build, a ramp, two of us would simply lift her up onto the deck. My friend weighed (at that time) around 140. So with the chair, she was a decent weight. I'm a female myself and cannot lift that much, but if two 16 year olds (at the time... Now I'm 18) were able to lift someone in a chair up four stairs, I'm sure a few adults could lift another adult.
I realize this may not be the best idea if your sister would like to come and go as she pleases, but it is the quickest and most affordable solution. Best of luck.