| The Tri-Fold wheel chair ramp in use on a Van. Call Us Toll Free (866) 8 CARE4U 9 am - 5 PM Pacific Time (which is Toll free (866) 822-7348) Usage of Wheel Chair Ramps Wheel chair ramps are a wonderful tool in assisting you to access your home, business, or other social gatherings. You must however be sure that your wheel chair ramp is designed with safety and properly installed. Hiring a professional to install your permanent wheel chair ramp is probably the best thing to do. If you have a manual wheel chair you will probably need a full 1:12 slope for your wheel chair ramp. If however you have a power wheel chair or electric scooter the wheel chair ramp may not need to be as gentle a slope. Most literature we have seen asks that wheel chair ramps be at a maximum 8 degree slope for power wheelchairs. But charts show the ramp can be steeper for some applications. A professional contractor will help you decide the wheel chair ramp that is best for you and your circumstance. There are many different materials available for wheel chair ramps. Most of the ramps we have sold are aluminum, but we have built wheelchair ramps out of wood for friends. These ramps, due to unique widths and lengths, required mid-span platforms, different slopes on different sections of the wheelchair ramp etc. and required engineering that with some expert advice could be accomplished by almost anyone. If you need a permanent sectioned wheel chair ramp for a relatively open area, we have aluminum sectional wheelchair ramps available. 1stSeniorCare has an engineer available to do the required wheel chair ramp design which can be completed within a few hours once the necessary measurements are taken by you. Call us at the numbers above and we will send you a wheelchair ramp design form. Read more about wheel chair ramps here: a, b, d Read more about electric scooters here: a, b, c, d | 
