| Wheelchair and scooter ramps are essential in making | | | | scooter can run smoothly over the hinge into another |
| a building easily accessible and it is important to | | | | room. Finally the most flexible kind of Threshold |
| choose the correct one for your requirements. | | | | wheelchair and scooter ramp is a channel ramp. |
| Whether it is for domestic or commercial use there | | | | These can comprise of both folding and telescopic |
| are plenty of wheelchair and scooter ramps to choose | | | | features making it an easily stored ramp and a ramp |
| from. Ramps can be used to load wheelchairs or | | | | that can extend to fit specific building requirements. |
| scooters into vehicles, put over steps to create a | | | | Wheelchair and Scooter Vehicle Loading Ramps |
| smooth transition and over a door’s threshold to | | | | These ramps can be used to move a wheelchair or |
| enable easy access. Wheelchair ramps can be | | | | scooter from the ground and into a vehicle. They can |
| portable, foldable or with a rail to offer additional | | | | also be used to transport wheelchairs up or down |
| support for those who can not walk unaided. Below | | | | steps or over curbs. A vehicle loading ramp tends to |
| you will find a complete guide to choosing the right | | | | be quite long or ‘telescopic’, meaning that it is |
| wheelchair and scooter ramp for your home or | | | | extendable lengthways. Many vehicle loading ramps |
| commercial premises. | | | | tend to be foldable and lightweight so the ramp can be |
| Threshold Wheelchair and Scooter Ramps | | | | stored in the vehicle along with the wheelchair or |
| Threshold ramps are essential ramps for both | | | | scooter. The ramps are normally slip resistant to |
| domestic and commercial use. A threshold ramps | | | | maintain good traction even in wet conditions. Vehicle |
| purpose is to create a ‘bridge over a threshold’ | | | | loading ramps can be either on wide ramp or two |
| for a wheelchair or scooter to roll over. A common | | | | narrower channels known as a channel ramp. Both are |
| threshold would be a door frame or door step to get | | | | wide enough to fit wheelchairs and scooters. |
| from outside a building to inside. Threshold wheelchair | | | | Access Ramps |
| and scooter ramps come in a range of sizes and can | | | | Access ramps create an easy access point up to a |
| be made from a number of different materials including | | | | building for wheelchairs, scooters and for those who |
| aluminium and fibreglass. A threshold wheelchair and | | | | are unable to walk up steps unaided. These ramps are |
| scooter ramp can be a simple bridge up to a step so | | | | normally found on commercial premises, schools, |
| the wheelchair or scooter can bridge the distance | | | | hospitals and nursing homes. Access ramps come in |
| from the ground to the step. Another choice of | | | | a range of sizes to suit a particular building’s |
| wheelchair and scooter threshold ramp is a ramp | | | | requirements. Access ramps are available with or |
| which runs over a door hinge so the wheelchair or | | | | without hand rails. |