Been on a vacation near Chicago for a couple of weeks and heard my blind
friend, fall again, trying to navigate his steps to his porch. Been trying
to talk him into a ramp for the last two years, and finally talked his wife
and him into letting me build the ramp. Yesterday, I talked my two neighbor
girls, that I been helping over the last year to come along for the
experience and a sighted friend to do the cutting to save time. Things
worked out pretty good, all considered. Had my wife making
spaghetti/meatballs with a side salad. The friends wife getting the material
I forgot to get, as we build a 4 x 8 foot deck, coming off the porch and a
pat the sidewalk. Than a 3ft-4 inch wide by 10foot ramp. Didn't have the
area to build the ramp to code, but he seem to be able to use the 2 inch
drop per foot without problems. With the railing and all, it only took us
about 4.5 hours to finish the project, railing in all.
