Agreed. Luckily our last old dog was a Sheltie (oversized true, but still easily carried). That was back when my wife and I could easily climb stairs also. > A chair lift is not enough... my dog is getting old too. Need elevator. > > John Ferrell W8CCW > "My Competition is not my enemy" > http://DixieNC.US > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan B. Pearce" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:47 AM > Subject: Re: [OT] Building a house - help me brainstorm! > > > > >I did not plan for but need: Handicap ramp to house. Elevator to > > >basement. > > > > Probably a good reason to plan for over code sized stairways to allow for > > a > > chairlift for when one does get old and doddery ... or at least enough > > room > > at the top and bottom for the chair to swing around out of the way of > > normal > > traffic paths at each end. > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- D. Jay Newman ! Author of: jay@sprucegrove.com ! _Linux Robotics: Building Smarter Robots_ http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! "A backward poet writes inverse." -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist