What to do about doorways?

Hi everyone.  I want to talk to you about doorways, mainly getting through the doorway. I work with a lot of people who use wheelchairs and walkers; sometimes they find out they are just a little bit wider than the door.

What do you do?

When you are wider than the door, you have two choices. You can do construction. You can take the door out of the frame and widen it. However, if the doorway is only an inch too small, we can do an amazing thing just by replacing the hinges!

You can see the door takes up space in the door jam.  If we use a product call an offset hinge and replace the current hinges on the door, we can use the same door, the same door jam and knob. What that offset hinge does is move the door out of the doorway when it’s open. That gives you another inch of usable space!

We also can add a receiver for your doorknob in the wall. This gives some space for the doorknob to go when the door is open.

So share the news and share the video!  You have some choices if you are a little wider than the doorway.  You can do full construction or you can try and offset hinge!