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Tour of the Completed Handicapped Accessible Home
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" The part of the house that most clearly. Addresses. Issues of accessibility. And what you think I think it's great -- in the new respect here into the grab bars are located in the paper right. And very secure. That you -- those walls are secure I was very impressed with Kohler answers to these issues getting in and out of the shower. The shower is a transfer -- can see them behind me. -- theater in Pakistan as a -- transfer this allows for military use and transfer this yes and then once -- here. This product allows the military to reach these elements into army. Host here in you can reach them use them. Can actually music and you're not saying OK guys that are news report. -- and a pipe. The city the user absolutely we got a lavatory relate to review it. This is very nice because it there're couple things that stand up to me that make this work wonders if it's at the right height. There's a shallow bowl but also housing drain this locate not to decide. That allows the wheelchair users to pull underneath have their -- clear space OK and I can see from here in this trap that. It or metal strap I would suggest that insulating this prevents scalding hot water comes. So there you -- like that point. So -- you know think about unless you have. Of course the hardware works well -- for someone who -- and function that's very simple you can operate with that. Close this story. Now by hand right now is very simple it. And its attractiveness that is nicely designed to -- up. Well let's take a look through the rest of the house as one of the key things in planning and building this house has dimensions right very yet. -- doors this is nice in the hallway there's no white space about five feet that allows the military degree in gas. You know generous space yes there that's one of them when most important things to be able to have lots of maneuverability throughout the house. And of course one of the key features is going up and down. Our elevator -- your eyes and yes. Now this elevator plows that person I can see right -- that the county has not quite. Have been correctly that you would have a condition here we have a small rampant you know this structure exactly it will threshold that -- lie audience. Wide enough to allow the -- are used in this space and they can enter in backwards. Where they can inner. It facing forward. -- either way they're facing forward or back they can reach these controls right they're just not at this time. OK so and also let it be there's any problem at all this allows for security measure to call in case there's -- operating. Right and then coming into this area again you get the -- with you get easy transitions between one floor surface and another -- and one thing I like is the fact that throughout the house on the ground floor window heights are kept low so that it -- years that's -- wheelchair -- you can really think that tonight a look at some of the kitchen vetoing this guy is. You know obviously there's a reason why there are no cabinets underneath here that's it's again it's it's able allows for wheelchair users to gain easy access. -- to the stove top into the sink area right. And best wishes and like controls are where you can read Eric I think and -- is located -- this is a nice touch with the controls. Now that the fronts of this individualism reaching over. Hot element and prepare their fit exactly. And then of course the the oven is at a height it's also relative to it very end. The other thing is you know you can get in here you've washed issues and over here one thing that would be point does that. Both the doors are open you've got the kind of a rain here we can get in it very easily deep into the apartment that's an excellent point rate."