The Affton crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Saint Louis County. Bathing stays at home, where it belongs.
One number reaches the people who fit the tubs. Say what the bathroom is like and we take it from there.
(844) 578-1861Take your time on the phone. Who does the bathing, how they get around today, the size of the bathroom and the doorways on the way in: that is all we need to set a date for the visit.
Every single day starts and ends in your washroom. Because of this reality, having a safe and easy way to bathe transforms your entire daily routine into something truly relaxing. If you struggle with high step-ins, you are probably feeling pretty anxious every time you want to get clean.
This is where local experts step in to completely change your bathing experience. By swapping out your old, risky basin for a low-threshold alternative, we restore your independence. You will finally look forward to soaking your muscles without any fear of slipping on wet porcelain.
Our dedicated crew loves helping neighbors find their perfect bathroom setup. When you choose to work with us, you get a personalized assessment right in your home. We will measure your space and show you how easy it is to upgrade.
Imagine stepping into your bath as easily as taking a normal step on your living room rug. These specialized watertight enclosures feature a secure side door that allows you to walk right in. This means you no longer have to perform high-wire balancing acts just to get wet.
Once you close the leak-proof door, you sit down on a comfortable, raised bench. You simply turn on the faucet and let the warm water rise around you. This brilliant design keeps you upright and secure while you soak away the aches of the day.
To give you a better idea of what makes these systems so incredible, we put together a quick comparison table below. You can see how traditional setups stack up against these modern upgrades.
| Feature | Standard Basin | Low-Step Walk-In Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Step-In Height | Usually 14 to 18 inches | Only 2 to 6 inches |
| Seating | None (must sit on floor) | Built-in raised bench |
| Safety Level | High slip hazard | Maximum stability and grip |
| Therapy Options | Basic soaking only | Air and hydro jets available |
After looking at the facts, you can see why so many homeowners are making the switch. Beyond the obvious safety benefits, these units offer a level of relaxation that standard fixtures just cannot match. It is like having a private spa right in your own home.
Many people worry that upgrading their bathroom will turn their home into a dusty construction zone for weeks. However, our experienced crew has refined this process down to a science. We handle everything from pulling out the old cast iron beast to sealing the new watertight system.
First, we carefully protect your floors and walls before we even bring in a single tool. Then, we disconnect the old plumbing and remove the outdated fixture without damaging your surrounding drywall. This keeps the mess to an absolute minimum throughout the project.
Next, we inspect the subfloor to ensure it can support the weight of your new deep-soaking system. If we find any soft spots or old water damage, we repair them immediately. We want your new setup to stand on a rock-solid foundation for decades to come.
Finally, we slide the new unit into place, connect the heavy-duty drains, and run the new faucet lines. We test every single seal twice to guarantee absolutely zero leaks. You get a flawless, fully functional system that looks like it was always meant to be there.
You might think these safety-focused units only come in sterile, clinical designs that look like a hospital room. Fortunately, modern manufacturing offers gorgeous finishes and textures that match any home decor. You can choose from classic white, warm biscuit, or even elegant faux-stone wall surrounds.
On top of that, we can install custom grab bars exactly where your hands naturally reach for support. This personal touch ensures you always feel completely secure while moving around. We also offer heated seating options to keep you warm while the basin fills up with water.
If you love a deep massage, we can hook up hydrotherapy jets that target your lower back and legs. This feature works wonders for stiff joints and tired feet after a long day of chores. You deserve to pamper yourself while staying completely safe.
Living and working around Saint Louis County has taught us the value of honest craftsmanship and neighborly respect. We know that home improvement is a big decision, especially for households living on a median household income of $58,552. That is why we keep our pricing fair, transparent, and completely free of hidden fees.
Whether you live in the heart of Affton, or near the busy local parks, we know your neighborhood well. With a local population of 20,187, we treat every single client like a close neighbor because you probably are one. We proudly serve homeowners across the local ZIP codes, ensuring everyone has access to a safer home.
Our deep knowledge of local plumbing codes ensures your project gets done right the very first time. We do not cut corners or use cheap materials that fail after a few years of use. Our team takes immense pride in delivering top-notch results that give your family true peace of mind.
When you reach out to us, we do not send a pushy salesperson to your doorstep to pressure you into a contract. Instead, a friendly technician will visit your home to look at your current layout. We listen to your specific needs and take precise measurements of your doorway and plumbing lines.
This allows us to provide a highly accurate, no-obligation estimate tailored to your exact budget. We explain all your options clearly so you can make an informed choice for your household. You will know the exact cost and timeline before we ever turn a single wrench.
Taking this first step is completely stress-free and costs you absolutely nothing. We believe every homeowner deserves a safe way to bathe, and we are here to make that happen. Give us a call today to request your free estimate.
Three ideas carry the whole invention. Once they make sense, the rest of this page is just detail.
You open the door, walk in on a dry floor, sit down and close it. Only then does the water run. Because the door swings into the tub, the water itself presses it against its seal: the fuller the tub, the tighter it holds. The design cannot forget to be shut properly.
An ordinary bathtub asks you to swing a leg over a wall some fifteen inches tall, on wet tile, usually while holding nothing sturdier than a towel bar. A walk-in tub asks for a small step, about the height of a stair riser cut in half, with a grab bar placed exactly where your hand goes looking for one.
The honest cost of the sealed door is that you sit while the tub fills and while it empties. Makers answer with fast drains, often two of them, that send the water away in a couple of minutes, and with heated seats and warm air so those minutes pass kindly. We time both on your own plumbing at the assessment.
We install walk-in tubs, so you might expect us to always recommend one. We will not. If you have not enjoyed a bath in twenty years, a walk-in shower may serve you better, and we will say so at your own sink. Here is the honest picture.
| The question | Walk-in tub | Walk-in shower |
|---|---|---|
| What bathing feels like | A full warm soak, jets if you want them | A quick rinse, standing or on a bench |
| Time it asks of you | Longer: fill, soak, drain | Minutes, in and out |
| Floor space needed | Sits in the footprint of the old bathtub | Wants a little more open floor to work well |
| Budget, installed | Higher, because the door and seal are precision work | Often lower for a simple conversion |
| Sore joints and tired muscles | Warm water and jets do real, daily good here | No soak, so none of the soak's relief |
| Who tends to love it | People who cherish their bath and mean to keep it | People who shower quickly and want easy cleaning |
The deciding question is usually the first row. If the answer to "do you miss your bath" is yes, the rest of the table tends to follow.
We cut it free, shield the floors along the hallway and carry it out gently. Most old bathtubs are gone from the house before lunch.
Walk-in tubs are built to travel through ordinary doorways. Every door on the route gets measured at the assessment, so delivery day holds no surprises.
Your supply lines usually stay where they are. We fit the new valve, the hand shower and the quick drain, and check that your water heater can fill a proper soak.
The door is the heart of the tub, so it gets the slow, careful hour: aligned, adjusted and closed on its seal until the gap reads even all the way around.
When your tub has hydrotherapy, the pumps go in quiet, the lines are purged, and every control lands where a seated bather reaches it without leaning.
Panels and trim close the sides and the caulk lines are drawn clean. Then the tub is filled to the very brim once, and we watch the seal earn its keep.
We would rather tell you this before you fall in love with a tub. A walk-in tub is a home improvement, not medical equipment, and it is paid for out of the household budget the way a new roof or a rebuilt porch is. Anyone who tells you otherwise on a first phone call is selling harder than they are listening.
We make no claim about what any plan, programme or agency might do on your behalf, and we will not guess for them. Those questions belong to the people who administer them, and their answer is the only one that counts. Ask them directly, and ask before you commit to anything, including anything of ours.
What we can do is make the asking easy. Your quote arrives itemized, every line explained, so whoever needs to see it gets a precise document instead of a vague promise. That is the whole of what we control, and we would rather hand you that than a hopeful sentence about somebody else's money.
You tell us who bathes and how they get around, the rough size of the bathroom and how the tub would travel in. A few minutes on the phone, and a date for the visit.
We come to your home, measure the bathroom and every doorway on the route, and listen. No van full of tubs at the curb, no clipboard theatrics, no hurry.
A written quote follows, with each line explained in plain words: the tub, the work, the removal of the old one. Show it to your family. Sleep on it as long as you like.
One crew, one to three days. The old tub out, the new one plumbed, sealed and tested full. Your water is off for hours at a stretch, never for days.
Before we leave, we go through the door, the seat, the drain and the controls with the person who will actually bathe, until every part of it feels ordinary.
| The project | Usual bracket | What sits inside it |
|---|---|---|
| Walk-in soaker tub, installed | $4,000 - $8,000 | The tub, the door, removal of the old bathtub and the full fitting. |
| Hydrotherapy tub with jets | $6,000 - $12,000 | Water jets, warm air or both, with the pumps and controls they need. |
| Bariatric or wide-door tub | $7,000 - $14,000 | Wider seats and doors on a reinforced frame, sized at the assessment. |
| Removing the old bathtub alone | $450 - $1,200 | Folded into the lines above; priced apart only if you stop there. |
| Dedicated electrical circuit | $400 - $1,000 | Heated seats and pumps want their own breaker when the panel has no spare. |
| Walk-in tub and shower combo | $8,000 - $15,000 | One unit that soaks and showers, for households that want both. |
Your bathroom, your plumbing and the tub you choose set the final figure. That is exactly what the assessment is for.
| The feature | What it is | Why it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Low threshold | A step of about four inches into the tub | The climb over a bathtub wall is where most bathroom falls begin. Removing the climb removes the moment. |
| Seat at chair height | A molded seat near seventeen inches, like a dining chair | Sitting down and standing back up stay easy on knees and hips, with no lowering to the floor of a tub. |
| Grab bars where hands land | Fixed bars at the door and beside the seat | Balance never has to depend on a towel bar that was only ever meant to hold towels. |
| Textured floor and seat | Slip resistance molded into the tub surface itself | Wet feet keep their grip without rubber mats that curl, slide and grow things. |
| Anti-scald valve | A mixing valve that caps how hot water can arrive | Skin grows thinner with the years. The valve keeps a hot surprise from ever reaching it. |
You do sit in the tub while it fills, so the wait is real: usually a few minutes, depending on your water pressure and your heater. Many bathers spend it with the warm air running or the hand shower on their shoulders. At the assessment we run your own faucet and give you an honest minute count for your own bathroom, not a brochure number.
The door only opens once the water is gone, so the drain matters. Fast drain systems empty most tubs in about two minutes, and heated seats and warm air keep the chill away while they do. We will tell you plainly which tubs drain fastest on your plumbing around Affton.
The door seals the way a ship's hatch does: the water itself presses it shut, so a good seal gets tighter as the tub fills. Every tub we fit is filled to the brim and watched before we call the job finished, and the seal carries the maker's warranty. If it ever weeps, we come back, and the trip costs you nothing.
Nearly always, because walk-in tubs are designed to travel through ordinary hallways and door frames. We measure the whole route at the assessment, front porch to bathroom. If a doorway is genuinely too narrow, you hear it from us at your kitchen table, never on delivery day.
Yes, and it happens all the time. We can hold the assessment while you are there in person, on the phone or on a video call, and the written quote goes to whoever is helping with the decision. The walkthrough at the end is always done with the person who will actually bathe.
No. We measure, we listen, we leave a written price, and your house is your own again. Some families decide that week and some take a season. The figure holds as written, and nobody from our side will camp on your phone line.
Pan around for the terrain and the distances; the place lists at the bottom of this page name each community we can drive to from here.
One sealed door between you and the bath you have been missing.
Call (844) 578-1861