The Challis crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Custer 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 in and out of a standard bathtub gets pretty tricky as the years roll by. Honestly, nobody wants to slip on wet tiles or struggle to lift their legs over a high porcelain barrier just to get clean. Fortunately, you can easily swap that old, hazardous basin for a low-threshold soaking system that lets you walk right in and sit down safely.
Our dedicated team travels directly to your home in Custer County to check out your bathroom layout. We specialize in retrofitting these specialized, door-equipped bathing units so you can keep your independence at home. By requesting a home assessment today, you will get an honest, upfront price without any pressure or hidden fees.
Every single home has its own plumbing quirks, especially in older mountain properties where pipes can be a bit temperamental. Because of this, we inspect your current setup to ensure the new drains and rapid-fill faucets will perform flawlessly. Taking this step now means you avoid future leaks and protect your home investment for decades to come.
Many folks worry that remodeling their bathroom will take weeks and turn their house into a dusty disaster zone. Actually, our experienced crew can complete the swap surprisingly fast because we prep everything before we even show up. This efficiency guarantees you will not be left without a functioning bathroom for more than a couple of days.
First, we carefully extract your old cast iron or acrylic tub without damaging the surrounding drywall. After that, we inspect the subfloor to make sure no hidden rot or mold threatens the stability of your new heavy-duty sealing basin. Resolving these structural issues early on saves you thousands of dollars in potential water damage later.
Next, we run new plumbing lines to match the advanced drainage requirements of your new accessible bath system. Since these specialized units hold a lot of water, we often install fast-draining technology so you do not have to sit around shivering while the water empties. You get to step out onto a dry floor almost immediately after turning the handles off.
Here is a quick look at how the transition process compares to a traditional remodel:
| Project Stage | Standard Tub Remodel | Accessible Unit Upgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Demolition Time | Often takes 2 to 3 days | Completed in just a few hours |
| Plumbing Adjustments | Basic pipe matching | High-flow lines and rapid drains installed |
| Safety Additions | Screwed-on wall grab bars | Integrated steel grab bars and built-in seating |
Living in a tight-knit community of about 797 residents means that reputation is absolutely everything to us. We treat your home with the exact same respect we would show to our own grandmother's house. Which means we clean up every speck of dust, haul away the old heavy tub, and show you exactly how to operate the new door seal before we leave.
Since the median household income around here is $32,778, we know that home renovations represent a serious financial decision. That is why we focus on durable, cost-effective materials that stand up to hard well water and heavy daily use. Investing in a quality setup now prevents expensive repairs down the road, making it a very smart financial move.
On top of that, our installations utilize leak-proof lifetime pressure seals that keep every drop of water inside the basin where it belongs. You will never have to worry about water seeping into your floorboards and ruining your basement ceiling. This reliable design gives you ultimate peace of mind every time you decide to take a warm soak.
Not every bathing setup fits every body, which is why we offer a variety of sizes and seating heights. For example, some folks prefer a wider door for easier entry, while others need a deeply contoured seat for maximum physical relief. We help you choose the exact configuration that matches your daily routine and personal physical requirements.
In addition, we can add therapeutic water jets and air bubblers to help soothe sore muscles and stiff joints after a long day of work. These features turn a simple chore into a deeply relaxing, spa-like escape right in your own home. You get all the physical benefits of hydrotherapy without ever having to travel to a public pool or clinic.
To make things even safer, we install heated backrests that keep you warm while the deep basin fills up with hot water. This smart addition prevents that uncomfortable chill that sometimes happens during the first few minutes of bathing. Your daily routine becomes an enjoyable ritual rather than a stressful, cold chore.
Some handy homeowners think they can buy a kit online and handle this tricky installation over a weekend. However, these units are incredibly heavy and require precise leveling to ensure the watertight door seals shut correctly. A single millimeter of misalignment can lead to a slow leak that ruins your bathroom joists over time.
By hiring our seasoned crew, you ensure that the heavy fiberglass structure sits perfectly flush on your subfloor. We also hook up high-capacity water valves that match your home's water pressure perfectly. This professional touch means you get maximum water flow without straining your existing water heater.
We serve everyone throughout the 83226 ZIP code and surrounding rural roads, bringing our mobile workshop straight to your driveway. You do not have to worry about hauling heavy materials from a big city store or renting specialty tools. We bring absolutely everything required for a seamless, hassle-free transition.
Moving away from the home you love just because the bathroom has become a safety hazard is a heartbreaking thought. Fortunately, adding a modern step-in bathing option allows you to remain in your familiar surroundings for many years to come. It is a simple, proactive upgrade that removes the daily fear of slipping and falling on wet porcelain.
Furthermore, these accessible units can actually increase the overall appeal of your property if you ever decide to sell. Buyers appreciate seeing high-quality, practical upgrades that accommodate family members of all ages and physical abilities. It adds real, practical value to your household while solving an immediate safety concern.
Our friendly team is always ready to answer your questions and walk you through the various design options available for your space. We provide clear, straightforward estimates so you can make an informed decision on your own timeline. Get in touch with us today to request your no-obligation home quote and take the first step toward a safer home.
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 Challis.
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