Home Adaptions. where to post question??

[treborc]

The problem with that of course I have never known a council social services putting in a wet room or bathroom or shower, they lend you a bath lift.

Maintenance would be classed as the servicing of the equipment, a stair lift has to be checked and serviced as it has moving parts, and that would be taken on by the person who took out the loan after two years, unless he took out insurance.

Now then structural faults to the work for example a wet room or a shower if say it started leaking, the company could be held responsible because it would be expected to last longer then five years. The heater of a shower, if it needs repairing this could be deemed as being part of the service, although a shower would be expected to last longer then two years, but five years would be to long.

I suspect depending on whats gone wrong and the amount of money needed to repair it then perhaps it's time for another assessment.

[bacciochi]

The SS did convert my bathroom into a wet room, I would like to thank you all for your advice and I will contact the SS and see how it goes.
I will post back here to let you know the result.

Thanks again. Ray.

[barbiejane]

Hi We too were lucky enough to get a Disability Facility Grant and had a stairlift fitted our bathroom is going to be changed to a wet room starting on 16th May.The stairlift has a 5 year guarentee on it and 5 year service plan.Our OT lady got everything sorted for us.The grant is means tested and are having to pay £300 toward costs as hubby gets a private pension.Can't wait for all the work to be done.

[treborc]

They say five years is the normal life span of a stair lift, so thats about right.

[beau]

They say five years is the normal life span of a stair lift, so thats about right.

I certainly hope mine lasts longer than that at nearly £4000 that I had to pay for myself. I wasn't ripped off, our stairs are awkward.

[andypandy]

I need my whole house adapting but because my husband works we would have to pay for it all. Money that we do not have. So, I just have to struggle on.

DFGs are nothing but a con. They do not take into account what money you have going out, just what is coming in.

I managed to get hold of a "delivering housing adaptations for disabled people: a good practice guide" and in it, it basically states that the odds of getting a DFG are stacked against people and thats how its meant to be. So, the people who do get them are few and far between.

[Lighttouch]

Hindsight. Having been disabled right at the start of my working life I was well aware that I'd better make hay while the sun shines while working. At least I live on one level so access isn't a major issue at home.

Yes I believe there's a Disability Facilities Grant that you can apply for but it's probably means tested. A disabled girlfriend of mine had an additional bedroom, wetroom, extended kitchen with patio doors, external ramps built - but only after she split from her husband - then she qualified for the work.

The system encourages people to split up!!

[barbiejane]

our application was means tested but we did'nt have to pay as much as what we thought.Give it a go and if you have to pay to much you can always say no.

[treborc]

They do actually look at what you spend on living, you can have up wards of £16,000 in some cases £24,000.

So if you had to pay a few hundred quid, and they paid thousands without these grants thousands of people could not live.

The law states that a council has a duty of care and cannot say to you or me or anyone else they have no money left, that was sorted out a few years ago in a court of law.

[andypandy]

Not where I live they don't treborc, they take nothing into consideration when it comes to what you need to live on, hence why I cannot get into my own garden and haven't done for the past 5 years. I was in "talks" with them for 2 years over it. I need my kitchen, bathroom and front door and drive done, but have to live with it as it is because my husband works.

Like I said before we struggle to make ends meets but because they see his wage coming in, thats it - no DFG for us !!!

We would be so much better off if he gave up work and went onto benefits instead, but we would end up murdering each other living in one anothers pockets 24/7. So I have carers and he goes to work.