SC - special needs

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From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefan at texas.net>
> Tristan commented:
> > Now if i could just find a way to overcome the height of those
commercial
> > stoves in many of the kitchens i work in when cooking and helping cook
> > feasts ( that wouldnt be in the way of others in the kitchen).
>
> What do you do at home? Is it just the height of the stove that is the
> problem? Or that you can't reach to pots on the back burners.
>
I have no problems at home (non-commercial at home) the stove sets low
enough i can manage ok.

But it seems most commercial stuff is about 3 inches to 4 inches taller than
the average home appliance since there needs to be more floor clearance.

> What about something like the high bar stools? Could something like
> that be adapted for this? I think some have wheels if the problem is
> needing some mobility. And at the ones I've seen without wheels
> generally have seats that swivel.
>
Well without any use of my leg anything with wheels becomes a problem since
i have to grab and pull myself around and there is no contro of keeping it
steady. Taller things or chairs that raise on a 4 pt or 5pt caster system
scare me silly since i have absolutely no control whatsoever of where it
goes unless i grab hold of  something. And the swivel seats , i end up
fighting to keeo them in the corect direction or fighing them to stop when i
need the rotation to stop. its comical im sure seing me in one of those
chairs.
If my foot is off the ground im free to move oposite of where im reachhing
or exerting force and if my foot is on the ground if i lean forward the
pressure my foot exerts onthe floor pushes me away lol.


> I don't know your limitations or skills, so I may be way off base
> here, but this is what I can think of, right now.

If someone had limited usage of their feet but couldnt stand for any length
of time then i think these may work well. but without feet or the lack of
use in both or one then its a fight vs forces to be where ya want to be when
you wnat to be there.

I was in one kitchen where the reg cook must have been a short person cause
what they had done was install a modified "behind the bar" floor. Basically
a drain thru floor.
luckily it was ran from one bank of stoves over about 6 feet to the sinks
and counters.
It stood about an extra 4 inches in height just below the kick boards on the
cabnets so the doors werent interfered with. It was a slight pain getting up
on it and going donw off it but once up there i had perfect access as at
home to stoves sinks and counter tops.
i priced these overlay floors in a supply catalog i receive and they were no
cheap by any means and to get enough so that i could manuver around withpout
fear of dropping off an edge while turning around or backing up was up into
the several hundreds of dollars. Then of course would come the packing them
from site to site. it would take a pull behind utility wagon on my car to do
it cause it would be like carrying 12-15 freight pallets around. Not very
convienient.  but it would give me the room to bring all my extra cooking
gear i would like to have with me :-) Plus i suppose if i had enough i
wouldnt ever have to worry about wet floors again in my gp small tent with
or without the floor tarp lol (at camping events when they wouldnt be used
in the kitchen facilities).
But its a bit too much money to invest at the moment. I suppose temp
flooring could be built out of freight pallets but thenyou have the same
problem of hauling them and moving them around.

Tristan

>
> Actually some chairs like these might be of use/interest to other
> cooks here who have trouble standing for long periods.
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> Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas         stefan at texas.net
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