Stroller ramp on a paved staircase

[MarchColorDrink]

New homeowner (1 month) and new dad (1 week) and now it's time to childproof. We have discovered that it is quite troublesome to get up and down the entrance stairs, a stone-paved affair with four steps, with the stroller. I am considering building a ramp to solve the problem.

I was thinking of something along the lines of two metal profiles (e.g., http://www.bauhaus.se/norgips-skena-45x30x3000mm.html) at a customized distance. How should I appropriately attach these? The stairs are like this: http://stenanlaggningar.se/images/trappa.JPG, but with straight edges.

 

[sir_daniel]

Or build with decking timber with flat iron at the top and bottom (there you can also dig at the beginning of the stairs so the ramp continues a bit down into the ground)

 

[meckis]

that rail is too thin and razor-sharp :S I built myself in pressure-treated wood. make some V-shapes that fit in the stairwell under the wooden rails, then something that keeps them parallel. should stay in place without anchoring! you don't need end pieces. it works fine anyway.

 

[Swappe]

Can't you use loading ramps for something like ATVs / motorcycles?

http://www.jula.se/search-result/?q=lastramp

/Thomas

 

[MarchColorDrink]

Pressure-treated decking might be a good idea. However, it will involve some work cutting, which I would have avoided if I had found a suitable U-profile.

 

[frida i 50-talsvilla]

There are ready-made rails available for purchase for this purpose. Google "barnvagnsramp".

 

[ZipLock]

I have in mind something like two metal profiles (e.g. [link]) at a customized distance. How should I attach these appropriately? The stairs are of this type: [link], but with straight edges.

That is an extremely unpleasant and sharp track intended for use when installing interior walls with steel studs.

Building in wood is probably easier, but if you want steel, it might be a good idea to go to a metal fabrication shop and see if they have a suitable u-profile.

 

[sir_daniel]

Otherwise, the local blacksmith/metal company can bend a profile as you want it

 

[pelle242]

Does the stroller need to go inside? No small roof it can stand under and just lift in the insert? You drag in a crazy amount of gravel and debris if you bring it inside.