On Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:43:30 GMT, "Greg M" wrote:


"Charlie S." wrote in message
news:4pGgg.1931$F%3.1034@trndny07...
Looking to make a four foot handicap cement ramp at the end of the house
walkway. The walkway is about 3 feet wide. There will be about a 5 inch
drop in those four feet. I am going to remove the last 4 feet of level
concrete before I begin.

Ramps for new construction can have a slope no greater than 1:12

Ramps for existing sites can have a slope no greater than 1:10 provided a
maximum rise of 6-inches and a maximum run of 5-feet.


Which means that, if the the ramp is for your own use,
you should probably build it out of something easy to remove,
like aluminium grating, and if it's intended to be for
rental/commercial/permanant use, you need to make it longer.

You're sure you can't sneak out in the middle of the
night and steal the drop-gate off someone's trailer?