Wheelchair accessible growing?

[rhizome]

I was approached about building up a small med grow for an individual who uses a wheelchair.

As I think through the design, I'm afraid that I'm going to miss some basic points of usability, as I have never used a wheelchair for any period of time.

Anybody out there growing on wheels? I'd love to hear about particular challenges that you've faced, or work-arounds that you've developed.

I'm thinking either RW or coco drip to waste, to minimize the amount of water that has to be moved around. Soil/soiless would prob be easier, but I'm hoping to be able to come up w/ a design that would allow the user to run without any assistance, and soil is heavy. RW slabs seem maybe the most practical, as slab trays are pretty easy to move around, even with a stand and a wet slab in them- but I wonder if there's some stumbling block that I'm missing. Also, probabley need to come up with some kind of pulley system to adjust lighting.

Anyhoo, I thought that I'd float the idea, and see if anybody has any relevant experience. If folks are interested, I'll post up whatever I come up with.

Thanks

 

[minds_I]

Hello rhizome,

I am chairbound. I use a NGB style cab I built with my sweet wife's help. I designed the cab to use two sheets of 3/4" MDS with little to no waste. I had the guys at Home DePot cut the pieces to size. It went together like Legos.

Its raised to a confortable level for me and I have no issues with usability or functionality.

Here are a few pics.

minds_I

Here are some pics of the cab. I have done some modifications since which proved to be quite benificial.

 

[rhizome]

Thanks so much!

May I PM you with questions as they arise?

Again, thanks.

 

[minds_I]

Sure

minds_I

 

[Arkaya]

Nice looking cab. How far above the floor is the bottom of the cab? A foot or two?

Keep up the good work.

Cheers mate