For most people, walking up stairs is as easy as "1, 2, 3, Step!"  For those who are wheelchair bound, a flight of stairs is more like "1, 2, 3, Distress!"  To make matters worse, more often than not the stair-barrier is usually located at the disabled person's home, keeping him or her somewhat of a prisoner in a gilded cage.  Most homes are not originally built with wheelchair ramps leading up to the front or back porch.  Most often after a person is living in a house they become wheelchair bound due to an accident or to progressing frailties of the human flesh. 

When a household member does become wheelchair bound, many changes must be made throughout the house.  Furniture will be moved around to allow extra space for the wheelchair to be maneuvered within the house.  A bathroom area has to be rearranged to allow ease and comfort for the wheelchair-bound person to safety use the facilities.  And a ramp must be placed by the outside door or porch so the wheelchair bound person has an easy and safe way to enter and exit the house. 

Sometimes family and friends will get together, and with the best intentions build a wooden ramp.  The problem with a wooden ramp is it can become slippery in inclement weather or become dry and splintery during the hot summer months.  Rehabmart can offer options to a safer and worry-free wheelchair ramp with National Ramp's Modular Wheelchair Ramps that come in either steel or aluminum. 

  
The National Ramp Modular Wheelchair Ramps are ADA-compliant access ramps that can be easily installed in only a few hours and easily disassembled and moved in accordance to the needs of the user.  These durable wheelchair ramps can be left in place temporarily and are able to be moved when needed, or they can be left permanently in place.

If safety is a concern when looking for a wheelchair ramp, then why not choose the safest walking surface for a ramp?  The National Ramp Modular Wheelchair Ramps have an open mesh surface which dries quickly in inclement weather and provides excellent traction in any weather.  Made with a powder coat finish that is much more durable than other steel wheelchair ramps that are simply painted, and combined with the quick-drying open mesh surface, these ramps will require no maintenance and will not rust, rot, splinter or corrode.

These 100% USA- made ramps have legs that can be adjusted in increments to provide for the best possible support and security regardless of the type of surface the ramp is placed on, and the 800 pound weight capacity, 36 inch wide ramp has 34 ½ inch ADA-compliant galvanized silver handrails on both sides of the ramp which reflect the summer sun's heat instead of absorbing it.

  
The National Ramp Modular Wheelchair Ramps are sold in different sized pieces so the user can conform the ramp to just about any style house, and they also come in different color finishes to better blend with the color of the house and surrounding area.  The aluminum ramp comes in three different powder-coated colors of Silver, Forest Green, and Tuxedo Black while the steel ramp comes in a Black powder-coating only.

A wheelchair ramp can bring freedom to your door step immediately, allowing everybody the ability to safely and easily come and go as they like.  In the center of every soul is the seedling for freedom of choice, and for people who are using manual wheelchairs, power wheelchairs, or scooters, this seed of the option to come and go from home needs to flower and grow for them as well as for anybody.