Solutions

Here you will find an archive of many previous REMAP solutions. These may be pieces of bespoke equipment or adaptations that have been made by REMAP volunteers. To find out more about an item, please click view details.

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Remote Dog Kennel Opener

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A device was required to open a dog kennel when the carers had left the client was in bed. The client has MND and was unable to get into bed on his own, but his carers were not happy with... View Details

Oven Door Opener

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The client has quite weak hands and arms, and found it virtually impossible to open the oven door; she always needed the help of her husband. Like most oven doors there is an initial force that must be overcome to... View Details

Back Door Locking Mechanism

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Our client is now wheelchair bound and cannot use the upvc door from the garage to the back garden as she cannot reliably lock it. As a consequence, she has stopped using her back garden as she is too worried... View Details

step and door handle AdAPTIONS

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The request was for an adaptation for a client with motor neuron disease who is unable to raise his hands and has a weak grip, so cannot safely open and close the lever handles on his front door, or reach... View Details

Sound recording intercom conversion

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Our client is a Parkinson's sufferer and found the AC buzzer in his flat intercom too loud and sharp, and needed something which didn't make him jump every time the doorbell was pressed. View Details

Adapted Doorknob

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The challenge was to make an add-on part that would fix securely to the existing doorknob and allow our client to turn it easily. We decided some sort of winged shape (something like a clockwork toy or clock key) would... View Details

Universal extended door handles

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Our client is a young girl with a very rare condition that can suddenly leave her with very little strength, and there was concern that when experiencing the problem, she may be unable to exit the house in an emergency... View Details

Door opener for self closing doors

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Self closing doors are essential in many places such as care homes to limit the risk with fire but commercial door openers are prohibitively expensive. View Details

Yale door opener

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The client has a high security night latch with a lever that, due to MS, she can neither turn nor reach from her wheelchair.  She has limited arm movement and grip and only in her left hand.  The door latch... View Details

Cot Door Catch

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This child is unable to absorb nutrient from her gut in the normal way, so she has a permanent intravenous line to supply all her fluids and nutrition. The nurse reported that she has a specialist cot, but the doors... View Details

Patio door opener

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As temperatures rise this summer, those of us with gardens have been making the most of them. It’s ideal weather for hosting a barbecue, or relaxing in the sun with a cold drink and a good book. These simple pleasures weren’t... View Details

Keypad lock operating tool

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The client has learning difficulties and does not recognise numbers. He has been given an allotment near his home as he is a very keen gardener. The allotment has a keypad lock however which he cannot operate. It is necessary... View Details

Up-and-over garage door opener

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Client has left hemiplegia resulting in right-sided weakness in her upper limbs. She has difficulty opening garage door for storage of wheelchair/mobility scooter. A long handled activating lock, with a removable handle, was made from mild steel to replace the... View Details

Unlocking walk-in bath

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Pauline has severe gout, leaving her unable to grip and pull the door clamps on her walk-in bath to release them. Two stainless steel levers, one for each clamp, were fitted to the door and capped with golf balls. A... View Details

French window opener

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The client has a very weak grip and was having great difficulty opening her sliding windows to access her balcony. Using an old dc electric wheelchair motor and a wire on a continuous loop attached to the door, the door... View Details

Door stop aid

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This wheelchair user, a lower limb amputee with limited use of upper limbs, was having considerable difficulty negotiating his wheelchair through a particular door. The client’s movements were studied and a door stop designed to meet his exact requirements with regard... View Details

Door opening problem

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Audrey is a wheelchair user. Her room has been fitted with the ‘Door Guard’ system to hold the door open, but to ensure closure when the fire alarm sounds. The problem is to enable her to open the door from... View Details

Door openers

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This lady has rheumatoid arthritis which creates difficulty in opening her fridge and freezer doors. Two sheet metal handles were fixed to the doors enabling the client to open the doors from her wheelchair using clenched fists. The client can... View Details

Door intercom

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Rob, who has multiple sclerosis, lives in a multi-level ground floor house. When not in his wheelchair with ramps down callers assume, due to the time taken to reach the door, that he is out. He needed to communicate easily... View Details

Door extension handle

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This wheelchair user, who has poor hand control, could not get near enough to the door to operate the handle. An extended handle of light construction aluminium/plastic tubing with two handles enabled client to reach and turn handle on door.... View Details

Door closer

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The client, a wheelchair user, was unable to close the outward opening door of her bathroom behind her. She wanted privacy, independently, when there was another person in the house. A very simple arrangement was set up with a length... View Details

Car start key aid

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This client has great difficulty in rotating his ignition key to start his new car. A ‘U’ shaped key holder contains the key which is rotated out to provide a lever to help turn the key. The client can start... View Details

Car door openers

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Due to deterioration of hand muscles, this client could not open car doors - neither the driver’s nor tailgate. A simple detachable extension to door handle, giving more leverage, was made. The client is now able to open doors unaided.   View Details