How can I protect my door-casing from my power wheelchair?
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There are plastic corner guards you can buy at Home Depot or Lowes for just this problem. If they don't work, have someone make door frame guards and screw them on the doorway.
They make protectors that go right over the frame. A few companies make them. Google should be able to help you out!
Sal is right ever our local grocery store installed corner guards due to shoppers that keep running into stuff.
They sell strips at the hardware store, home depot, lowes, that have sticky tape that you can put over corners of door frame
Widen the doorway or get buffers for door.......
This is a common problem in older buildings where the doors are narrower. You can try moving the trim out a bit, and put plastic corner protectors on, and rubber moulding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaUIQbgZ1mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_QcdKe1AJw
To widen a door.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FzDPCRGwXM
To remove door and install a pocket door can give you a couple inches, if you have room on either side.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLX1NVwCxsw
Another solution would to be to remove the door if you have a sidewall space, remove some of the doorway trim and make it wider, and install a barn door..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJrUpVcJvdY
sounds like you need a mettle corner protecor, or a thick closedcell foam on your door frame. Bumper gaurds if you will...now then....how wide is the hall you are entering from? Do you have enough room to turn you chair so you go in straight? You might qualify for house modification to make door ways larger.
You may need the help of your county ombudsman, or county extension office. A pac of Boy Scouts..were quite effective to make the entrance wider...mind you this has to be done according to the building codes in your area. Permits are usually required, and they have a cost for the permit.
@ Rebecca Cooks... Depending upon where you live, there are codes that apartments must follow... Including door frames wide enough for wheelchairs. This was not discussed when you moved in, you may not be responsible for the cost. Something to think about
Have you thought about having some doors widened, I know that is either spendy or very spendy. But...for fairly cheap you can get offset door hinges that effectively widen the doorway by about two inches. Not a lot, but it helps.
I'd look into corner guards which you can find at home improvement stores, that might do the trick.
How about adding bumpers to the wheelchair? Ask at place char came from or disabillity aid store. or maybe Pool Noodles?