thanks R J for helping out another and you may just hafve saved him an
early trip to a nursing home. Maybe he has another neighbor who could
say in a years time get a coat of stain or something on the good you and
friends did.Lee
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 01:55:20PM -0400, RJ wrote:
> 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.
>
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