Metal sheets for driveway ramp

[rvd]

Where would I be able to get a metal sheet similar to the one in the pictures below ?

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9836/picture001csb.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/picture001csb.jpg/)

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/1060/picture002yy.th.jpg (http://img571.imageshack.us/i/picture002yy.jpg/)

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/3355/picture003ze.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/i/picture003ze.jpg/)

[n1zm0]

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?threadid=212791

i guess theyre illegal?

[Jetta-2.0]

yes they are illegal cuz the city is not making 4-5 grand off of you to make ur side walk low so u can get on to ur drive way:bigpimp:

[Mazstyle]

Why not just get the rubber ones?

http://www.curbramps.com/

[ExtraSlow]

Bylaw won't bother you unless
a) you live on a street that's plowed in winter or
b) someone complains.

[-TOFU-]

Might want to give Calgary Metal a try. I'm pretty sure they have them, I went there a year and a half ago and they had something like what your looking for. Location Address
3415 Ogden Rd SE
CALGARY, Alberta
T2G 4N4
Phone: 403.262.4542

[theken]

you can get steel like that practically anywhere, go to a welding shop, as for scraps go to metal places that recycle

[MM99lude]

Originally posted by -TOFU-
Might want to give Calgary Metal a try. I'm pretty sure they have them, I went there a year and a half ago and they had something like what your looking for. Location Address
3415 Ogden Rd SE
CALGARY, Alberta
T2G 4N4
Phone: 403.262.4542

Calgary Metal doesn't sell to the public, plus they never answer the phones. Extremely frustrating place to try and get some info/help.

[schmooot]

looks like just plain old flat stock to me :dunno:

Shouldn't be that hard to come by

[2EFNFAST]

Keep in mind if you put it up and some kid or somebody is riding their bike/skateboard/whatever, hits it, falls and gets injured, they can sue you (?homeowner's insurnace?) and win.

edit: happened to one my neighbors a long time ago

[AndyL]

Wouldn't your HO insurance refuse to pay since the ramp was against city laws? :dunno:

[2EFNFAST]

Originally posted by AndyL
Wouldn't your HO insurance refuse to pay since the ramp was against city laws? :dunno:

No idea actually; I have no idea the specifics of what happened to them, just that some kid (this was like 8 or 10yrs ago) was riding his skateboard, hit the ramp, went flying, skinned his face pretty badly. They got sued and lost. :dunno:

[AndyL]

Just wondering - yeah things have changed in the last decade with insurance... But I know they've gotten nasty on some stuff - know a guy who did a basement reno without permit/inspections- had fire damage from an upstairs plug (copper vs aluminum wire issue) catching fire. Ended up paying out of pocket because electrical was "modified without permits/inspection" - 2 floors away without any changes to that circuit... But...

And you know lawyers are going to eat up more than the 10k it cost him to just fix it...

[schmooot]

pour gas/brake fluid/anything that leaks out of my car on your curb. It eats away at my driveway quite well I don't see why it wouldn't eat the curb away to something a little more manageable (might take a few months)....the city will take forever to come and repair it...and usually only if you complain about it

[ExtraSlow]

those things eat away asphalt, not concrete. Won't do shit to your curb.