Eva Gantala

I've watched your show for a long time and when I saw you two fix a house for a veteran and his wife in a wheelchair I thought you could use some help when I watched you lift her wheelchair up the stairs. I actually laughed and said "Chip wheelchairs don't do stairs! I am now watching season 5/Ep10. I am so excited to see you try to fix a house for a family with wheelchair children. I remolded my home 10 years ago and made it ADA compliant. the big boon is I got a tax write off for every ADA reno I did. yea!!! I wanted to let you know ADA compliant does not always make it accessible! Being the mom of a 27 year old at the time I have a lot of experience and I made things accessible for my son. Joanna, Chip, I wanted to let you know that some ADA compliance is helpful, each situation is different and the reality is parents end up never having an "empty nest" the child ages in the family home. As the parents get older, it gets harder for the parents, who are also aging to manage the adult child. But parents want to provide the best home they can for their child. I recently participated in a work group to make recommendations to the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in the state of Washington what aging families with Adult children still living in the home would need to maintain the home and continue the care they provide to the adult child. we recommended a number of supports the child and the parents would need. There is such a need for your services to help families remodel homes. Many times children cannot get out of wheelchairs because parents would not be able to pick them up, especially from the ground or floor and put them back in, especially when the child is 40 and the parent is 60. your remodels need to consider the long term. Ramps, roll in showers, high toe kicks for cabinetry, open space, ceiling lifts, (are best) then getting to the floor and up again is possible. Extra room for bath chairs, standing frames, extra wheelchairs, and taller desks (for computers) are a must!!!!! beds that lift up and down for dressing and transfers. Access from Wheelchairs to sinks, counters, and refriderators is also a must. circle driveways for the para bus.