Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge I'm a single woman if I can get it done anyone can achieve it. Again thank you keep making videos to help people that need your help. God bless you and your family.🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
About to attempt this build myself for my octogenarian grandpa. As others have said in the comments I watched several videos before I found yours. You clearly explain AND show how to accomplish each step, most helpful!
Thank you so much. You just taught me exactly what I was looking for. Watched 4 other videos before this one and you were the only one that explained it. I’m helping my best friend build a ramp for his mom who isnt doing so well. You made this project a lot easier and better. Thank you.
Thank you for this. I watched a lot of tutorials for building wheelchair ramps and this one had enough detail that I was able to build one with my novice woodworking skills. It’s not perfect, but it is functional. Bless you!
You really want to know? I for one, even though can build stairs, ramps rafters, would not have thumbs down the video. Having said that, the ones that have thumbs downed it are framers and stair builders and this is not how a professional would have built it. You build a ramp similar to a stair jack or a rafter with a carpenters square and set of gauges or just a speed square will also be correct to make the cuts like the birdsmouth etc. Also not use a table saw to cut the stringer etc. etc. Here on you tube you can find the professional way to build this with the right tools. This man did a fine job with the knowledge and tools he had and I commend him. He did it himself. Again...the pro's are thumbs downing him. I am not. And just to prove my point even though I can correctly build this with my correct tools I am giving him a thumbs up! You wanted to know.
This is the most comprehensive and easy-to-follow video I've seen in a long time. We had to build a similar ramp for an elderly friend, and this made the job super fast!! Thank you so much for a concise and simply plan.
Used your video to build a ramp for my wife’s aunt. It was very helpful and it turned out really well. Thanks for all the helpful tips during the video.
I built a ramp for my hubby, all thanks to you :-). Now, all I need is some new toys (power tools...YASSS). LOL. Thanks for making the video. I had more steps and it was outside, but at least it was a straight shot ramp. Quite the learning curve for me. Did it all by myself. It looks like hell..LOL...but it does the job!
This was so helpful! My dad has to get part of his leg amputated and I needed to build him a ramp to get him into our house. I am not a craftsman in anyway, so this video was so so helpful! Thank you so much!
You just made it accessible without pain, for me to get in and out of my house. My husband has no idea how to do things and this will help him tremendously. He never had a fatherly teacher about things and is now 65.
I appreciate this! Thank you for making each step so clear! We have a 24 inch rise. We made it 12 ft long for a 2:12, 9.5 angle. That string trick was perfect! I already owned the angle tool ( don’t remember the exact name). That thing has come in handy for house projects! We made it in a few hours in the morning. That included running out and getting the lumber! Bless you! Our friend who had a massive stroke is able to visit. We can all sit out on the deck and he can enter the house with ease!
@@ncheelz4life Very little. A couple 2x6 studs, a few hangers. We had screws, plywood and adhesive on hand. We used the scraps to build a platform on his deck so he could get out there, too.
Excellent tutorial! 👍🏼 Not physically able to do it myself, but I can now show my 'handyman' exactly what I'm looking for. Shame you don't live in England!😉😂
Thank you so much for this, I’ve been asked to build a ramp like this but with decking boards so hoping it’s as easy as screwing them down instead of screwing down plywood 😅
I'm just a little food for thought, due to me being in a wheelchair I know firsthand that you always and I mean always want a flat platform before the door. Most people that aren't in wheelchairs don't realize that when you go up a ramp to open a door you need a flat surface because even in the power wheelchair they like to tip backwards when you stop you need a flat entryway area big enough for your chair to safely turn around or whatever and if the door swings out and needs to be grenade to accommodate the door swing in the chair maneuverability in size
Cool! Thanks for the detailed video. My 80 year old Mother in-law just moved to a smaller home and she’s having a hard time using the front door steps. This ramp will be perfect by preventing her from tripping and causing serious injuries.
There was a video I saw many years ago where a person changed the tired on a wheelchair for somebody to the equivalency of tank tracks. That person could literally go anywhere like over rough terrain as a person with legs could ( more than 50%, so obviously no rock climbing) and they could go up stairs. We need to advance many things which have been lagging in society for decades. But until then, this was a nice informative vid! ^~^
This is cool. I came here because I need a 1:12 ramp for my elderly small dog. It is a total 9 inches from the back door to the ground level, so I'll go for 9 feet ... She definitely needs side walls! I have a handyman who perhaps could make one.
My back door has a 5.5" drop to the concrete patio with a 1" metal threshold under the door. The door is set 6" back from the edge of the drop. I used a piece of 5/8" pressure treated plywood cut to 40" wide and left 96" long, and 1@ 16' 2X6. Cut the 2X6 in half, sliced each half from opposite corners into two 8' long triangles. Screwed all four triangles to the bottom of the plywood, evenly spaced, with a lip extending the upper end of the plywood 6" over the edge of the cement to the metal threshold. I drilled 12 evenly spaced 5/16" holes at the upper end of the plywood and squirted in one tube of rebar anchoring polymer to support the "flying" end of the plywood. Sealed the 1/4" gap from the end of the plywood to the metal threshold with liquid nails. Shaved a piece of 1X8X48 #2 pine board to finish off the bottom end of the plywood to 1/16 edge at the very bottom of the ramp. Now my wife, who uses a walker, doesn't look like she is going to pitch forward when she goes out the back door.
I am at the beginning stages of IBM muscel wasting condition so still able to do sum small jobs slowly. Great build . Have to use tool as weak hands grip.
Ill be doing this soon for mom. Any pics of the finished product with the side runners and carpet? Anything you would do differently if building outside?
Hi I have muscle wasting condition great job l will build one slowly with tool and help build a small ramp at my back door and may cement one ramp out side my back gate.
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation/visuals and the graphics really helped as well. You mentioned attaching with brackets and concrete anchors if you have concrete steps. Would you toenail tap screws into concrete? I don't know what kind of brackets you would need. If you can, please let me know . Thank you again! FOLDING FRAMING SQUARE! Genious...now i don't have to guess on the angles! Who knew there was such a tool. LOL
For the UK folks out there - some building reg measurements (also very practical, not just red tape!): • Has a non-slip surface. • Is 1.5m wide with a minimum unobstructed width of 1.5m. • Has a maximum individual flight of 10m • Has a maximum gradient of 1:20 at 10m (500mm high) • Has a maximum gradient of 1:15 at 5m (333mm high) • Has a maximum gradient of 1:12 at 2m (166mm high) • For goings between 2m and 10m it is acceptable to use a sliding scale i.e. 1:13 for 3m, 1:14 for 4m, 1:16 for 6m, etc. • Has top and bottom landings no less than 1.2m and intermediate landings of 1.8m every 10m. • Has 100mm high raised kerbs to any open side of ramp or landings (stops wheels veering off). • Has a continuous suitable handrail on each side. • Has a maximum cross fall of 1:40 • Has a maximum slope on landings of 1:60 • Has a contrasting, landings, upstands and handrails to ramp surface. In short, don't just let any old builder pour a uselessly steep concrete ramp, otherwise people like me have to break their backs taking it back up again and the poor householder has spent double the money :P
Can you get a closed up when you used the angle square to get angle not sure after the string on highest and 8 foot mark how did you know to put the angle square at? To find the angle
Very good info here EXCEPT about 4 minutes in he cuts the long slanted cut on a table saw with no type of jig/guide to prevent a very dangerous “kickback” situation which would throw the wood back at you at high speed. Safer to just use a circular saw for this. Otherwise this is a great video.
What method did you end up using to attach the curb pieces and carpeting? Bummed you didn't show it in the video. I'm likely going to need to build one for myself when I move.
Great video! I’m a bit more confident, now. It’s actually for my 150 pound, ailing fur baby. Do you think it’ll be okay to make the ramp steeper? (The 3rd option) Thanks for sharing!
Question: On the bottom you used the outside of the square and on the top you used the inside, how does one know to do that? I've never been good with angles so it seems like one would have to use the inside or outside on both ends?????
Thanks for your excellent instructions and demonstrations. As for the slope, isn't your 8 foot run supposed to be measured from the bottom of where the rise begins, at ground level, out along the ground to the the sharp end if the slope? I would draw it for you if I could, but I think you get the idea I was trying to put forth. Nevertheless, since the angle is so small, then it won't be much difference. A ten percent difference perhaps? I estimate, without doing the math that the way you measured off the 8 foot distance from the top to the bottom, you actually got a shorter actual distance at ground level by as much as 10% less than 8 feet, so that means you got a steeper slope, steeper by around 10%.
I did some rough calculations and I think 10% less was way off. It's more like less than 2%. I took 8*12 the feet to get 96 inches, then used Pythagoras to square that and subtract 16*16, and then taking the square root to get the resulting length, about 94.6 inches. Which is only less than an inch an a half shorter than the prescribed 8 feet run, I think the slope will be only around a degree steeper.
Hello not exactly sure where we are not in sync. The height from floor to top of ramp supports is 16" and ramp supports/framing are exactly 8' and were cut to a pretty much perfect point. I guess in the video I did not clarify the highest point of ramp in video I was actually referring to the framing. The thickness of plywood will have to be accounted for if measuring highest point including plywood but the changes would be very small especially in 8'. If you just match framing to the correct slope that's the easiest. If floor is unlevel that will have to be taken into consideration also the diffence in fall or rise will have to be accounted for from starting point to end point.
Sorry, I misinterpreted what it means to have a 1:12 or a 2:12 slope because I was stuck in math classes that I had long ago where the definition of a slope is determined by the rise over the run, the run being the side that runs along the floor. And so I took the run to be 8 feet along the floor and the rise to be 16 inches. So I thought you had made a mistake by measuring along the actual slope, but that is correct. I just did some research and discovered that the ADA ramp code defines the angle to be the ratio of the rise to the slope itself, the hypotenuse, the longest side of a triangle. And when it says 1:12 now I know how to measure it. Thanks.
You are correct, the ratio is rise and run. But he measured 8 feet on the ramp stringers who's isn't correct. Though as you found it's an inch or so shy, so not really significant.
In this neck of the woods an 8 foot x 5 foot landing and no more than a 1:16 slope is code. 1:12 slope is recommended. From experience, above 1:12 gets scary. Wooden ramp, wet tires and you might think you're riding on ice. Your brakes may do NOTHING to stop you. Just a Heads-up to you newbie ramp builders. Better safe than sorry.
Do you believe it to be possible to pick it up and move it when not in use. Thinking of house guests as opposed to someone permanent living there? With the weight of itself secure it enough?
I ordered the light spa in the 2’6”x3’10” size and then ordered the light spa 2x6 runner the next day. ru-vid.comUgkx9Q9vgRgCHm-96ZJLA4omp5_kb26p6SfX They were in separate orders, shipped separately and they arrived the exact same color. They are definitely green and the color looks exactly as pictured. (I actually thought they would be more blue, based on other reviewers saying the color portrayed in the picture was not what they received) They’re a low pile and not padded at all, so they don’t offer any squish under your feet when you step on them, but they are a nice soft nylon. They’re thin and rubber backed so I imagine they will do great being thrown in the washer. They’re perfect inexpensive rugs for my garage door and back door. Also love that the carpet isn’t looped on these. My last rug was looped and my vacuum caught a strand and It ripped out a whole row, tearing the rug in half! Great rugs for the price!
hypotenuse- in geometry, a hypotenuse is the longest side of a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle. The length of the hypotenuse can be found using the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Why didn't you add a piece of wood central to the drop if that makes sense like the down piece half way down ...soz for been dumb but if i was that clever to build that ramp i would of done that
People complain about lack of work, or simply, look for extra cash. What household wouldn't want such a nice addition? This is a money maker. Take a teenager along with you, teach them a skill craft. Measure twice, cut once. Handrails are as important as the ramp itself. Kids are going to play on it, just like they jump on a bed when you say, don't jump on the bed. Teach your assistant to take --before, during, and finish photos. Make it safe. Teach as you learn for yourself. Look for free materials where you can find them. Can find minimal cost, or free to haul. Maybe barter my materials for you to make me one...win-win. Safety's first....look up county code and use it. Don't skimp. Curb and handrail are important. Maybe add some nubby safety tape for slick surface. Commend you in making it look so easy. It's mightily needed wherever you go. Mind -numbing to think handicapped accessible has only been around for thirty years. We have a lot of catching up to do. Hey builders...isn't it cheaper to make a ramp than steps? Wonder about this application...is that a water heater?
Sorry but dense here ........when you measured ur angle with the framing square u placed the front/back about a foot away from the end of the eight foot......why there ????? Thank you
