International paper, walmart, proctor and gamble etc. worked with OSHA inspectors, DOT inspectors, safety engineers etc for cargill, kimberly clark, personally, i have done schools, high rises, million plus homes, severalīridges. Newbies and garage welder's that have never put in a piece of rail or worked with an you'll notice that the only ones who came to this guy's defense are the the reason for that is that i don't do work like this.Īnd then post pics of and expect people to drool over the exquisite craftsmanship andĪttention to detail. Heck, maybe i'll send one off to the stoneham PD they'll have to follow up.ĭon,t forget to add post nine of this thread were you started this with the personal attack of my creditabilty.Btw i know everyone in this area good luck. Shut you up pretty fast bit#ch!!!You got nothin just as i figured.Just keep being jealous of mine its guys like you that have keep me runnin strong for 17yrs now. Got an awful lot too say about someone you know little about.Lets see your truck b!#tch if you even own one.Got lot to say about me and mine.So post some pics and show me up. i'll send one to the desk at the paper also. the guy the wrote the piece on the volunteers. I'll send copy off to matt reid at the newspaper. i'll be sending one off to Īlso to ADA and OSHA compliance offices for middlesex county i've narrowed it down to two but i'll call. One headed over to cheryl at building servicesĪs soon as i locate the funeral home, tonight or tomorrow. I am sending a copy of your posts to me to the following places. it includes the one on the miller board also. ps, i have compiled an email comprised of the three threads that you put up. thought i would share them with the board. Unfortunately, I am taking the ramp out next week as Mom passed away 2 weeks ago.īilly, would you please stop sending me pm's. The crew said the ramp was better than most but suggested I add the rails as soon as possible. The ramp worked well for the wheel chair, but the day I had to call the ambulance pointed out a couple of flaws such as the different tread with of the gurney. The ramp I built for my mother was a basic design and the urgency of the situation combined with the weather conditions forced me to build the basic ramp first with provisions for adding the hand rails when possible. I happen to live "in the county" and no zoning exists out here on the "goat pasture" so I could have just tossed a couple of 2x4's out there and called that good. Private residence can be governed by local ordinances to "anything goes" depending on the location. Public access or private residence? The public access regs are pretty clear cut, although confusing and contradictory at times. Just to throw further fuel on the ADA fires of confusion, you also have to take into account all applicable local zoning laws. Cross-referencing handrail size/diameter to the more child-specific "Playground" section in Section 15 (not enforceable, but recommended) in Section 15.6.4.5.1 (Handrail Gripping Surface) is 'recommended' as 0.95 inch minimum width/diameter to 1.55 inch max width/diameter (or 'equivalent' gripping surface). With caveat that if used 'primarily' by children (or as a second/secondary parallel rail as you have done), then the 'lower' rail is to be 20-28 inches above the ramp surface (28 inch max, per A4.8.5, with a recommended minimum spacing between the upper and lower rails of 9 inches to help prevent entrapment). Top gripping surface of handrail is to be 34-38 inches above the ramp surface. 2 inch high minimum, unless the 'outboard' edge of the ramp/landing is ~12 inches outboard of the handrail (which is acting like the 'guard' or there are walls/etc to prevent/minimize someone from slipping past the edge of the ramp (especially blind or visually impaired folks using a cane technique where the cane would 'sweep' right under the handrail and then the person would bump into the rail and/or their foot would go right off the edge of the ramp).ĪDA ramps (with handrail and curb/toeboard requirements) in Section 4.8 (Ramps), specifically 4.8.5 (Handrails) and 4.8.7 (Edge Protection). And they often don't.īut a handicap/ADA ramp does need toeboards or a 'curb'. Gub'mint rules-n-regs don't HAVE to make sense.
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