Accessibility Ramp | This Old House
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Tom and Charlie Silva oversee the final concrete pour on the ramp which goes from the driveway to the front door of the Lexington Modern house. They review the layers of the ramp, and the 1:12 ratio when it comes to pitch.
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Very nice ramp. Also glad they mentioned you can do more and better than the ADA standard.
The ADA is incredibly important! I'm glad to see how helpful it can be :)
fantasamazing
Beansie's ramp!
Standard Plus!
Is all that rebar really necessary for a simple ramp?
No, that ramp was built strong enough for a forklift to use. Whoever engineered it went way overkill.
Could it have been because of all the service conduit they laid underneath it? Or maybe because perhaps it could be potentially used for motorized vehicles?
No
Yes
@@Adrian_1039 no it's not.
I agree with the person that said it must cost a fortune.And why so much concrete?plus why is the ramp so very long?
Ramp,has to be long to accommodate the ADA 1 in 12 pitch. But also they made it flatten out at the garage grade level. That let them beat the 1” in 12” and thus had a gentler slope for pushing up the ramp.
Why do you need so much concrete simply for a wheel chair ? Just wondering.
It's always better to over engineer, than to provide just enough.
One fella did that back in the 1950's with a specifically designed bridge.
After a few years that bridge collapsed while others, with the exact same structural design, yet greater specifications in specific areas; lasted decades longer.
Always figure the specification given, is just enough and add a bit more, that way, you don't have to come back due to an unexpected surprise that the specs which were claimed to be good enough, were not good enough.
And the rebar especially! It shouldn’t have anywhere close to the loads that would require the concrete to be reinforced.
@@methos1999
"And the rebar especially! It shouldn’t have anywhere close to the loads that would require the concrete to be reinforced."
Perhaps, but, what should and should not have to be done is completely irrelevant when the specifications are written in construction codes.
One fellow told me that he was required by a code inspector to install a trap on a sewer gas exhaust pipe. By installing a trap, rain would fill the trap and prevent sewer gases from escaping which is the purpose of installing a sewer gas exhaust pipe. The inspector seemed to have a concern that rain water would flow down the pipe into the sewer system.
What he ended up doing is installing the trap, got the inspectors OK, then, when the inspector left, he switched it back to what the pipe was purposed for. If an environmentalist activist didn't want rain water going into the sewer system, all they would need is to put a cap on that pipe that is similar to what is put on the smoke stack of a wood burning stove. There is no need to sabotage the living conditions of a new home and potentially put the lives of the occupants in danger from gas building up due to a water trap improperly installed.
Besides code, it is possible that the owners wanted the ramp reinforced for their own peace of mind.
@@scotttovey fair point, and that’s why it hurts my brain to think about sometimes because these things are not beyond the reach of my training (I’m an ME). But of course codes never seem to be just what the math and science say, but what a committee decided and then interpreted by an inspector that may or may not know the logic behind the decisions that created the code. 🤯
@@methos1999
"But of course codes never seem to be just what the math and science say, but what a committee decided and then interpreted by an inspector that may or may not know the logic behind the decisions that created the code."
The problem lies within the word; "interpreted".
Law is never "as it is interpreted".
Never was and never will be.
Law has always been, "as it is written", for good reason.
If someone doesn't like the current law, then you get it changed through the legislative process, not pretend that words have varying meanings and use interpretation to dictate your will.
People who do this should be barred from holding any government position, including the garbage man, and spend a decade or two behind bars for attempting to usurp the authority of We the People who ordained the Constitution of the United States.
So they put air in the concrete itinually, and you all use a vibrator to remove the air in the concrete.
2:32 "You don't want to do too much because you don't want it to become soupy and run down the hill."
@@finscreenname it doesn't remove the air, it consolidates the concrete.
@@RealMTBAddictVibrating removes the air pockets.
👍🔨
And i struggle to afford a 8x10 3in pad for a shed 🙄
Use those plastic block foundations and build it off the ground?
@Navy1977 i would if not for weeds, critters, and rot. Finally got it poured. :) Neighbor was doing big job down the street so i had him order alittle more than he needed to do my job as well. Saved me delivery fee 1.5 yards and paid him $350 and he even wheel barrowed it for me, great deal.
@durangodave Now that's a great neighbor. Glad it worked out so well. 🙏👍👌💯
Got that union money
How can a normal person afford something like that? This build must be costing a small fortune.
Who’s to say that I can’t make a regulation and make all homes ada accessible?
It’s called loans. A financial plan.
"How can a normal person afford something like that? This build must be costing a small fortune."
Stop being a normal person and follow Robert Kiyosaki's instructions.
First buy an asset ( An asset is a profitable business or rental property, that puts money in your pocket.), that will pay for the build.
Most folks build wooden ramps which are affordable.
@@markfornefeld299 Then you're driving costs up for EVERYONE, especially those that do not need to be ADA compliant. Just because you say something it's not going to bring down the price.
WEEEEEEEE
Why rebar at all? 17 years as a concrete finisher and that didn't need rebar.
This seams an amateur concrete job….
This disabled millionaire's house. Looks good