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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 5, 2018 10:49:59 GMT
2) Electric Chair assessment next Weds am. This will set other financial things in motion. Assessment Completed. I meet their criteria. Chair when alterations to house are done. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 5, 2018 14:05:17 GMT
But does it come with a Professor X blanket?
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 5, 2018 19:39:10 GMT
*dons Magneto helmet to protect self*
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Post by legios on Sept 5, 2018 19:43:55 GMT
So, you are basically going to have a vehicle mode Phil... And one that is powered by a clean energy source with no innate emissions... Give me some time and some superglue and we can probably make you some Mini-con ports so that you can power it up into Super Mode.
Karl
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 5, 2018 19:52:03 GMT
I suspect it already has one of those 'Attack Modes' where Tinned Curry missiles flip out from under the rear.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 5, 2018 19:56:55 GMT
Tinned curry may affect the innate gas emission quota.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 5, 2018 20:17:05 GMT
I suspect it already has one of those 'Attack Modes' where Tinned Curry missiles flip out from under the rear. Sausage torpedoes, surely? -Ralph |
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Post by browny87 on Sept 6, 2018 12:45:44 GMT
tinned sausage curry so its best of both world (although that sounds positively disgusting)
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Post by Shockprowl on Sept 7, 2018 16:21:10 GMT
*dons Magneto helmet to protect self* Ahhhhhhhh... So you're the Magneto to The Doctor's Professor X! Yes... that fits perfectly! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 7, 2018 16:35:43 GMT
But does it come with a Professor X blanket? -Ralph It will if I put a blanket over my legs. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2018 18:24:08 GMT
Ah but from which issue? He had a few.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 24, 2018 17:42:37 GMT
Oh dear. Estimate from Builders was waaay above what we were expecting and feel comfortable with :-(
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 24, 2018 20:28:16 GMT
Ouch  |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 24, 2018 20:28:45 GMT
Can you get quotes from other builders?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 3, 2018 13:00:05 GMT
Mad morning, info overload.
Bottom line is we should get some money. How much TBC, subject to their calculations.
HOWEVER.....
Just putting level access on the rear of the house won't get me in a wheelchair out the door. The door would need to be moved which would mean the sink would need to be moved and the rear kitchen window come out. Only spotted this tinsy flaw in the plan in the middle of the meeting this morning!
We're going to get the Occupational Therapist, who wrote the proposal, back out to reassess in the light of this.
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Post by Llama God on Oct 4, 2018 6:22:58 GMT
Ugh. That sucks.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 4, 2018 15:33:55 GMT
They want us to contribute 13k to what is assessed at a 20k job. Hmmmm.
Now obvious the job's going to get reassessed which will raise the cost so 13k off 30k would look a lot better.
We'll set the reassessment in motion but at the same time we're going to ask the stair lift companies to come in and quote again, see how much someone will quote us for sloping the front and contact the wheelchair people again as that might have to be bought. But conservatively that's just 8K (front, chair, stair lift) which is cheaper than 13k
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 4, 2018 19:06:43 GMT
Is the 20K for the floor plan you posted?
And is that the plan that needs changing for rear access?
Or have I missed a change in plans?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 4, 2018 19:36:02 GMT
No.
The council put in a quote for the min work to meet my needs which was level access front & back and a through the floor lift. This work was valued at 20k and the grants man has said we'd need to put 13k towards that.
The grants system will allow you to put a grant towards a larger alternate work which will meet the need. We got plans for an extension drawn up, bedroom & bathroom on ground floor, level access at front & back. That was quoted for at £50-60K which we can't afford.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 15, 2018 20:25:06 GMT
Occupational Therapist back tomorrow. Can't say I'm up for it or looking forward to it.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 15, 2018 22:36:41 GMT
Struggling now, weather grief from body and head just not in the right place, tmw and disability stuff in general.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 16, 2018 8:37:10 GMT
Bad night. Bad morning, thanks to weather.
As a friend has just said, probably a good thing the OT is seeing me on a Not Good Day.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 16, 2018 15:38:59 GMT
Think the meeting went OK.
They had some concerns about their previously proposed solution for a through the floor lift, more so when they saw the upstairs layout.
So we're going to reinvestigate the possibility of a stair lift - we looked at it years ago but ran into some problem involving the angle of the stairs, width of the stairs and length of my legs. We'll also look at ramping the front and possibly widening some doors.
All that will need to come out of our pockets but will be cheaper than the contribution we'd need to make towards the through the floor lift.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 16, 2018 18:09:24 GMT
What does Geoff the hamster make of this?
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 16, 2018 20:13:09 GMT
Doesn't sound like it went too badly, which is good to hear. My fingers remain crossed.
Karl
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Post by Llama God on Oct 17, 2018 6:25:49 GMT
Yeah, that solution sounds a lot more workable. Hope that it does prove to be so.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2018 17:52:37 GMT
Stairlift people booked for Friday
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 7, 2018 23:48:25 GMT
To install?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 8, 2018 7:05:55 GMT
Measure up etc.
I put off and put off and put off making the call.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 9, 2018 18:11:02 GMT
Stairlift is doable: £4k
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