Pictures of Inside; back temp ramp completed

Okay, the first picture below shows the living room before, then the third below shows current. The picture below shows the "before" view from the living room to the kitchen. The fifth picture down shows the current view.

Front bedroom/office. My sister was visiting, and we were doing things around the house.

Current view of kitchen from the living room through the dining room.

Mom's setting the table for a family get together.

The back deck at the start of the project. It rained the night before, so it's just mud. We're putting together pipes in the foreground for the railing.

My brother Cliff and sister-in-law Rosa. Cliff is sawing off a piece of cement that was in the way of where the pavers would go. I laid fabric on top of the soil, then we put some rock on top of that.

Then I put more fabric on top, so I could put sand on top of that. The stacks of pavers are VAST pavers, made of recycled tires. They look like bricks, but are very light. You buy them in 1 foot square grids, at $7.99 a square foot. Even though they are made here in Minneapolis, you have to buy them through a dealer like Natural Built Home, which is where I bought mine from. I just laid them down the way they came, but later I'll pull the bricks out of the grid and mix the colors up and lay them in a pattern that I've made up. These are permeable pavers, so my ramp is just temporary as built. I needed to get something in ASAP for my mom. The step off the deck (without a railing) was just not good for her. Later, I'll pick up the brick grids, and dig down 12-18" and put in a proper drainage base with a permanent edging.

Below is the sand on top of the top layer of fabric, ready for the pavers.

Half done! Everyone is taking a break.

Finished with the railing installed. Safe for Mom, and now my friend Teddy can come and visit me.

It only took the three of us five hours to put this in, so it wasn't too bad. It will take a lot longer to dig it out and put the proper base in, though.