Home Modifications for Aging in Place in North and Central NJ
Pick the part of the house that has become hard, and if it is more than one, a single request covers all of them. The services are split this way because the split decides who comes out: a bathroom, a stairlift, a ramp and a wider doorway can all belong to one plan, but each falls under a different rule, and the right installer for one is often not allowed to do another. A stairlift in a house can be fitted by a registered contractor, for example, while a platform lift or a home elevator needs a licensed elevator mechanic.
What we arrange
Accessible Bathrooms and Walk-In Showers
What you get is a bathroom planned around the person who uses it: a shower you walk into instead of climbing into, somewhere to sit, something solid to hold, and a toilet at a height that is easier to stand up from. We sort out what the job actually is before anyone quotes, because in New Jersey the same bathroom can be two very different jobs. Grab bars, a shower seat and a handheld shower are bathroom accessories, which the state construction code treats as ordinary maintenance. Taking out a tub for a curbless shower usually means moving the drain or the valve, and relocating drain, waste or supply piping is outside ordinary maintenance, so the plumbing has to be done by a licensed plumber named on the permit. Knowing which side of that line your plan sits on decides who comes out, and it stops a one-trade quote turning into a two-trade job halfway through. We are not a contractor and we have no product to sell. We connect you with a registered local contractor and, where the plumbing needs one, a licensed plumber.
Read more →Stairlifts, Platform Lifts and Home Elevators
What you get is a way up the stairs, or up the porch steps, that fits the staircase you actually have and the person who has to ride it: a straight or curved stairlift, an outdoor lift for the front steps, a vertical platform lift for a wheelchair, or a home elevator where the house can take one. What surprises most families is how the state treats it. New Jersey's Elevator Safety Subcode classes a stairway chairlift and a wheelchair lift as elevator devices, in private homes as well as commercial buildings, and a new installation goes through plan review with signed and sealed layout drawings before the local construction office issues the permit. The device also decides who may install it: elevator mechanic licensing does not apply to a stairlift inside a dwelling, but it does apply to a platform lift. We are not a dealer and have no lift to sell. We sort out which device fits, then connect you with an installer set up for that device and for your town's review.
Read more →Wheelchair Ramps and Step-Free Entries
What you get is an entrance that works without steps: a ramp that fits the lot, a rebuilt stoop with a landing big enough to open the door from, or a raised sill and a single step leveled out of the way. The part families rarely hear about is the approval. New Jersey's construction code treats repairing part of an existing stoop in similar materials as ordinary maintenance, but building or fully replacing a porch or stoop is minor work that needs notice to the town and a permit application, and a new ramp appears in neither list. In an adult community, a condominium or a townhouse development, the association usually has a say over the outside of the home as well. We work out which of these applies before anyone quotes, then connect you with a registered local contractor to build it.
Read more →Doorway Widening and Interior Access
What you get is a house a wheelchair or walker can move through: wider openings at the doors that matter, thresholds lowered or removed, lever handles instead of knobs, and enough room to turn in a hallway. It is a bigger job than it looks, and New Jersey's construction code is why. Replacing a door in the same opening is ordinary maintenance, but only when the dimensions and framing of the opening stay as they were. Widening changes the framing, so it is not maintenance, and cutting away a loadbearing wall is work affecting the structure. Older houses tend to have the narrowest doors, and more than a third of New Jersey homes were built before 1960. We work out which openings actually need widening and what is in the wall, then connect you with a registered local contractor, and a licensed electrician if a switch or outlet has to move.
Read more →The equipment these jobs actually arrive with
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