[Blind-rollers] doors

[Bettye Reeves]

Really, pulling the door closed with the scarf (or a
short rope) is simple and safe. It is a question of
positioning the door pull where you get enough
leverage to pull it easily. Even with a pocket door
you have to rig up a way to close it unless you have
room to turn around in the bathroom. Love, Birdie

--- tribble <lauraeaves at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I guess my desire is to not have to resort to
> dangerous or even inconvenient 
> ways of opening and closing a door -- it is where I
> live after all, it ought 
> to be convenient and safe, even if inconveniences
> aren't major they are 
> still annoying.
> Just a thought.
> --le
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jennifer Aberdeen" <freespirit328 at gmail.com>
> To: "Blind wheelchair users list"
> <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] doors
> 
> 
> All our bathroom and bedroom doors  swing into the
> room, so I don't have any
> problem with them. The front and side doors however,
> need to be pulled open,
> so I do have a hard time closing them. What I do is
> pull it a little from
> the space between the door and the wall. It's a bit
> risky, but it works. I
> haven't slammed my fingers yet :)
> 
> Jen
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bettye Reeves" <birdree at yahoo.com>
> To: "blind rollers NFB" <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:31 AM
> Subject: [Blind-rollers] doors
> 
> 
> > Hi: With regard to doors, we have changed one
> bathroom
> > door to open into the hall way and installed a
> simple
> > door pull (like those usually on a screen door)on
> the
> > hinge side of the door (about 6 inches from the
> edge).
> > We then tied a scarf to the pull. When you roll
> in,
> > you grab the scarf and then can pull the door
> closed
> > behind you. For the other bathroom we took off the
> > door and put up a curtain. A pocket door would be
> > nice, but has its own issues such as how to close
> it.
> > XXX, Birdie
> >
> > Bettye K. Reeves, MA, LPC
> > birdree at yahoo.com
> > 205-792-2898
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Bettye K. Reeves, MA, LPC
birdree at yahoo.com
205-792-2898

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