{"id":1516,"date":"2016-03-15T07:53:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T07:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2023-06-26T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T08:39:05","slug":"wheelchair-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wheelchair-ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheelchair Ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1106918897076625\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Display Ad Horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1106918897076625\" data-ad-slot=\"6198983087\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script><br \/>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADA Standards require a 1:12 ramp slope ratio, which equals a 4.8 degrees slope or one foot of wheelchair ramp for each inch of rise. For instance, a 30-inch (750mm) rise requires a 30-foot (9000mm) handicap wheelchair ramp.<\/li>\n<li>ADA Guidelines require a minimum 5&#8242; x 5&#8242; (1500mm x 1500mm) flat, unobstructed area at the top and bottom of the ramp.<\/li>\n<li>ADA Standards require wheelchair ramps to have a minimum width of 36 inches (900mm) of clear space across the wheelchair ramp.<\/li>\n<li>ADA Code Compliance requires a minimum turn platform size of 5&#8242; x 5&#8242; (1500mm x 1500mm).<\/li>\n<li>ADA Guidelines for Wheelchair Ramps allow a maximum run of 30 feet (9000mm) of wheelchair ramp before a rest or turn platform.<\/li>\n<li>ADA Ramp Guidelines require ADA ramp handrails that are between 34&#8243; (865mm) and 38&#8243; (965mm) in height on both sides of the wheelchair ramps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shared4.info\/images\/building-codes\/ada\/ADA-handrail1.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"318\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1519\" src=\"https:\/\/shared4.info\/images\/building-codes\/ada\/ADA-handrail1.gif\" alt=\"ADA-handrail1\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"references\">\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adawheelchairramps.com\/wheelchair-ramps\/ada-guidelines.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.adawheelchairramps.com\/wheelchair-ramps\/ada-guidelines.aspx<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelchair-ramps.co.uk\/information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.wheelchair-ramps.co.uk\/information\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1106918897076625\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<script><br \/>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ADA Standards require a 1:12 ramp slope ratio, which equals a 4.8 degrees slope or one foot of wheelchair ramp for each inch of rise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wheelchair-ramp\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[86,85,55,91,54,88,87,90,89,53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1993,"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shared4.info\/buildingcodes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}