Looking for a ballpark figure of what it might cost to get a temporary wheelchair ramp for a church wedding?
The Church has three sets of 8 steps with a landing between each set. I have contacted a couple of people who are willing to come and do an estimate. Frankly they are coming from out of town and just coordinating the estimate is giving me a headache. I just want to know if anyone has ever had this done. And I would love to have a ballpark figure. Is this hundreds or thousands of dollars we are talking about?
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It ought to be hundreds rather than thousands but it’ll depend on the people you’ve got doing it.
Can you speak to the church involved and persaude them to cover the bill (or a high percentage of it) if you co-ordinate finding someone who will build a good quality removable ramp that can be stored and re-used? Perhaps they would be willing to reduce the fee for you to use the building if you leave behind a set of ramps for them?
If not then it is possible to buy portable ramps that you simply lay over the steps (they’ll extend further than the steps) that might do the trick. They feel a bit unsteady to wheel on but if it’s only for a day it’s cheaper than purpose built removable ramps and it’s a whole lot better than no access at all. With those you’d be able to keep them in your garage or wherever in case another event comes up that you’d like them for.
The church has no other accessible doors or anything?
The rule (it really IS a law) is that for every inch high you go, the ramp needs to be a foot long (12:1 rise). With about 24 steps to go over, this is going to be a LONG ramp, and will probably need its own landings and bends. it also needs handrails, etc. (24 steps, times 6″ per step, means a ramp of about 144 feet)
It would not surprise me to find it costs in the low thousands to build right