The Burnham crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Waldo 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.
Getting older or dealing with limited mobility makes your daily routine a bit of a challenge sometimes.
Actually, stepping over that high slippery barrier on your standard bathing fixture can feel downright terrifying.
This is why we provide a reliable solution to help you regain your peace of mind and stay safe in your own home.
Suddenly, you do not have to worry about losing your footing when you want to wash up.
Our high-quality barrier-free bathing units feature secure side-entry doors that let you walk right in without lifting your legs.
This simple change protects your joints and keeps your dignity intact every single day.
If you want to discover how easy this upgrade can be, we are ready to visit your house and look at your setup.
We offer an in-home consultation to discuss your specific needs and layout.
To get started, you can request your free estimate right now and take the first step toward a safer bathroom.
When you think about home safety, the bathroom is usually the first place that needs some serious attention.
Slip and fall accidents happen here more than anywhere else in the house because of all the wet, slick surfaces.
By putting in a specialized low-threshold soaking system, you immediately eliminate the biggest hazard in your daily routine.
On top of the safety aspect, these fixtures offer a level of relaxation that standard setups simply cannot match.
They come with built-in contoured seating so you can sit down comfortably while the warm water surrounds you.
This lets you soak your sore muscles and relieve tension without trying to lower yourself all the way to the floor.
Our team understands that every home is unique, especially in Waldo County where older houses often have tight spaces.
Because of this, we customize the layout to fit your existing plumbing footprint to avoid messy and expensive remodeling delays.
You get a beautiful, functional setup without the headache of a massive construction project.
Imagine never having to ask for help just to take a warm bath in the evening.
Having this independence gives you an incredible boost of confidence and makes staying in your beloved home much easier.
Indeed, many homeowners find that this single upgrade allows them to age in place comfortably for many extra years.
Besides the obvious safety improvements, these units also feature advanced hydrotherapy jets that target your back and legs.
Which means you can soothe your arthritis pain or general stiffness right in the privacy of your own home.
It feels like having a personal spa experience always ready for you whenever you need it.
To help you compare the differences between your current setup and these modern safety fixtures, we put together a quick comparison table.
| Feature | Standard Bathtub | Our Safety Walk-In System |
|---|---|---|
| Step-In Height | High wall (often 15 inches or more) | Ultra-low threshold (just a few inches) |
| Seating | None (must sit on the floor) | Contoured, built-in ADA compliant seat |
| Safety Features | Slippery surfaces, no built-in bars | Non-slip floors, integrated grab bars |
| Drainage Speed | Slow, standard gravity drain | Fast-drain technology to empty quickly |
Maybe you are wondering how we actually get one of these large units into your home without destroying your walls.
Actually, our skilled crew knows exactly how to navigate tight doorways and hallway corners with absolute care.
We measure everything down to the fraction of an inch before we even bring the new unit inside.
First, we carefully remove your old heavy cast iron or acrylic tub and dispose of it for you.
Then, we inspect the subfloor underneath to ensure there is no hidden water damage or mold that needs fixing.
This prevents future structural issues and guarantees your new system sits on a rock-solid foundation.
After preparing the space, we connect the heavy-duty brass fixtures and run the new drain lines.
On top of that, we seal every single seam with high-grade waterproof silicone to keep everything completely dry.
This meticulous process ensures you will never have to deal with annoying leaks behind your walls.
You can choose from a variety of styles, colors, and jet configurations to match your personal taste.
For instance, we offer air jets that create a gentle bubbling sensation, or heated water jets for deep tissue massage.
You can customize the grab bar placements too, putting them exactly where your hands naturally reach for support.
We also install quick-drain systems that pull the water out of the basin in under two minutes.
This means you do not have to sit there shivering while waiting for the water to empty out before opening the door.
It is these small engineering details that make the entire experience truly satisfying and stress-free.
Living in a small, close-knit community of 1,164 people means that reputation is absolutely everything to us.
We treat every single homeowner like our neighbor because, in this quiet area of New England, you actually are.
Our team respects your home, keeps a clean workspace, and always finishes the job on schedule.
We know that local folks appreciate honest work and straightforward pricing without any hidden surprises or pushy sales tactics.
Whether your home is near the scenic local ponds or right in the heart of the 04922 ZIP code area, we come directly to you.
Our deep understanding of local building codes and home styles ensures a flawless, worry-free process from start to finish.
Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own bathroom, and we work hard to make that a reality for you.
Ready to see how we can transform your daily routine and bring back your peace of mind?
We make the entire process incredibly simple by bringing our samples and ideas straight to your living room.
This lets us look at your plumbing together and give you an accurate, honest price on the spot.
During our visit, we will answer all your questions about installation times, warranty coverage, and maintenance tips.
We never pressure you into making a decision because we want you to feel completely confident in your choice.
Go ahead and contact us today to request your free, no-obligation estimate and start living more comfortably!
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 Burnham.
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