The Cheval crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Hillsborough 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.
Looking to upgrade your bathroom with a safer soaking option right now? You deserve a deep soaking experience that keeps you completely safe while looking fantastic in your home.
Well, let me tell you about my own uncle who used to struggle getting over that ridiculously tall tub edge every single evening. Honestly, watching someone you love fight with a slick porcelain basin is just plain scary. Furthermore, high step-in heights cause thousands of nasty slips every single year in local homes. So installing a brand new modern basin with a side opening door totally eliminates that dangerous obstacle once and for all.
Fortunately, these specialized soaking units combine real peace of mind with serious home relaxation benefits. Moreover, you get to sit down on a comfortable elevated seat instead of lowering yourself all the way to the cold floor. Frankly, that simple change saves your knees and your back from insane amounts of stress every day. Additionally, warm water jets can soothe your tired muscles after a long afternoon working outside in the hot sunshine.
Of course, taking out an old traditional tub sounds like a huge mess to deal with initially. However, our local team handles every single step of the process so you never have to lift a finger. Naturally, we measure your exact layout to ensure the fresh unit fits right into your existing spot seamlessly. Therefore, you gain maximum safety without losing any extra space in your gorgeous washroom.
| Traditional Bath Features | Modern Accessible Bath Features |
|---|---|
| High step-in wall up to twenty inches | Low entry threshold under four inches |
| Slippery flat floor surfaces | Textured slip-resistant flooring base |
| Hard to stand up from floor level | Built-in comfortable bench seating height |
First, you might wonder how water stays inside a door that opens right on the side. Actually, heavy duty silicone seals and pressure locking handles create an airtight barrier that never leaks a single drop. Plus, the water pressure inside the tub actually helps push the door shut even tighter while you soak. Surprisingly, it is a crazy simple mechanical design that just works great year after year without failing.
Next up is the fast draining technology that real experts always recommend for these setups. Realistically, nobody wants to sit around freezing for twenty minutes waiting for the bath water to go down the pipe. Because of this, dual drain systems clear out hundreds of gallons in just a couple short minutes flat. As a result, you can open your side door and walk out completely warm and happy.
Furthermore, luxury add-ons can turn a simple bath into a true home resort package very quickly. For instance, gentle air micro-jets create millions of tiny relaxing bubbles that soothe dry skin naturally. Meanwhile, heated backrests keep your upper body warm while the basin fills up with fresh water. Which means you stay totally cozy from the exact second you sit down inside.
Now, let us talk about what actually happens when we come out to upgrade your space. Initially, we inspect your current plumbing and electrical setup to see what needs a quick update. Honestly, older homes sometimes need bigger drain lines or updated wiring to handle modern hydrotherapy pumps safely. So we double check every tiny detail first to prevent any annoying surprises later on down the line.
After that initial check, we carefully remove your old tub without ruining your existing drywall or tile. Next, our crew preps the subfloor to make sure it can support the massive weight of a full water basin. To be fair, water weighs about eight pounds per gallon, so a solid subfloor foundation is super critical here. Therefore, we reinforce the floor joists whenever necessary to guarantee total structural stability for decades.
Finally, we slide your custom side-entry tub into place and hook up all the supply lines securely. Subsequently, we run complete water tests to verify every seal, jet, and drain operates with zero issues. Indeed, we do not leave your house until every single component functions perfectly and your bathroom is sparkling clean. Consequently, you get a stress-free transformation that ready for immediate use.
Living in a beautiful master planned community near the north side of Hillsborough County means your home deserves top quality updates. Specifically, home values in this fine zip code area around 33558 stay strong when you invest in high-end accessibility features. By the way, with a local median household income near sixty nine thousand dollars, making smart upgrades truly protects your long-term property equity.
Also, humid Florida weather can make standard bathrooms prone to gross mold and annoying mildew problems over time. Luckily, modern non-porous acrylic surfaces resist mold growth naturally and clean up with a simple wipe of a rag. Consequently, you spend way less time scrubbing grime on your hands and knees every weekend. Besides, the sleek glossy finish keeps your room looking like a five-star hotel suite every single day.
Furthermore, our local area features thousands of active residents who simply want to stay independent in their own spaces forever. Quite frankly, staying in the home you love is way better than moving into some overpriced managed care facility. Thus, adding a safe entry soaking basin is a super smart investment in your personal freedom and overall quality of life.
Clearly, everybody has totally different preferences when it comes to personal bathing routines and physical comfort. For example, some folks just want a simple deep soak to ease stiff joints after playing golf. On the flip side, others need high powered water jets to target stubborn lower back aches every single night. Whatever your goals are, we help you pick the exact package that fits your daily lifestyle best.
| Upgrade Option | Primary Everyday Benefit |
|---|---|
| Hydrotherapy Water Jets | Deep muscular massage for sore joints and hips |
| Chromatherapy LED Lights | Calming visual atmosphere that promotes deep relaxation |
| Aromatherapy Diffusers | Infuses peaceful essential oils directly into the air |
| Quick Drain Impellers | Empties full water capacity in under 120 seconds |
To add to that, safety grab bars are strategically mounted right where your hands naturally reach for support. Additionally, textured anti-slip flooring covers every inch of the bottom surface to prevent dangerous foot slides. What this means is you feel one hundred percent confident moving around inside the basin, even when everything is soaking wet. Frankly, that feeling of total security is worth its weight in pure gold.
Even better, simple touch digital control panels let you adjust jet speed and water temperature with zero effort. Even if your hands suffer from stiff arthritis, pressing these large backlit buttons is super easy and smooth. ... So you retain total personal control over your bath without needing to ask anyone else for help.
First off, huge national retail chains love to mark up their prices and contract the labor out to strangers. On the contrary, working with our local team means you get personal attention directly from the actual installer. That way, you avoid annoying corporate crew markups while receiving far better craftmanship on site. Naturally, we treat your beautiful house with the absolute highest level of respect from start to finish.
In addition, local building codes around our 10,603 resident community require strict adherence to proper plumbing standards. Because we work right here every single day, we know exactly how to pull local permits and pass inspections easily. Therefore, your project gets completed completely legally and safely without any bureaucratic headaches or sudden project delays.
Plus, we stand firmly behind our work long after the installation crew packs up their tools and leaves. If you ever have a question about how your heating controls or jets work, we are just a quick local call away. Which means you enjoy complete peace of mind knowing your investment is fully protected by nearby professionals.
Understandably, many home owners worry that a deep tub will completely destroy their current bathroom floorplan. Fortunately, most modern safety soaking tubs are specially engineered to match standard sixty inch alcove footprints exactly. Consequently, we can swap out your existing builder grade tub without tearing down your surrounding walls or rerouting major pipes.
Another big question people always ask is whether their standard hot water heater will be big enough. Truly, these larger basins do hold more water than a tiny shallow tub, so a tank check is important. If your hot water supply is on the smaller side, we can easily install a fast tankless water heater upgrade. As a result, you never run out of warm water right in the middle of a relaxing soak.
Finally, folks wonder if these custom acrylic tubs are difficult to keep clean over long periods of use. Actually, high grade acrylic is completely non-porous and naturally resists tough hard water stains and soap scum buildup. So a mild soap and a soft microfiber towel are all you ever need to keep it shining like new.
To wrap things up, continuing to risk your safety in a slick old bathtub just is not worth the hazard. Instead, you can easily transform your space into a safe haven of true relaxation and total personal independence. Best of all, getting accurate pricing details for your exact space is completely fast and totally free today.
So go ahead and request your zero no-obligation quote right now to see how affordable this change really is. Our friendly local team will gladly come inspect your space, answer every single question, and provide a clear detailed price. Ultimately, taking action today ensures you can enjoy comfortable, safe, and independent bathing in your own home for many years to come.
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 Cheval.
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