The Craftsbury crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Orleans 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 can feel like climbing a mountain as the years creep up on us.
Fortunately, you can swap that old hazardous basin for a modern, low-threshold bathing unit with a secure door.
This simple change lets you regain your bathing independence without the constant fear of slipping on wet porcelain.
Our dedicated local team travels right to your home in Orleans County to evaluate your current bathroom layout.
This means you get a precise, face-to-face assessment and a tailored plan that fits your space perfectly.
We help you choose the ideal model so you can enjoy worry-free, deeply relaxing baths once again.
Naturally, we understand that upgrading your home is a significant decision that requires careful planning.
Which is why we offer on-site consultations to help you explore your options.
Pick up the phone to request your free quote and take the first step toward a safer home.
Traditional tubs require you to balance on one slippery foot while hoisting your other leg over a high wall.
That awkward movement accounts for a massive percentage of household accidents among seniors and folks with limited mobility.
By installing a specialized sealed-door bath, you eliminate that dangerous hurdle entirely and protect your physical well-being.
These advanced units feature an incredibly low entry threshold that sits just inches off your bathroom floor.
This layout lets you simply step inside, sit down on a molded raised seat, and close the watertight door.
You get to enjoy a deep, full-body soak without ever having to lower yourself all the way down to the floor.
On top of that, these units come packed with built-in safety features like sturdy grab bars and slip-resistant floors.
Such features give you maximum stability as you transition from standing to sitting, even when your hands are soapy.
You will finally feel completely secure and independent during your daily hygiene routine.
| Feature | Direct Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Ultra-low entry threshold | Eliminates the need to climb over high tub walls, preventing nasty falls. |
| Contoured built-in seating | Allows you to bathe comfortably from a safe, upright position. |
| Watertight pressure seals | Prevents messy bathroom floods and keeps your subfloors dry. |
| Fast-drain technology | Minimizes the time you spend waiting for the water to empty before exiting. |
Every home has its own unique plumbing quirks, especially in historic Vermont properties with older pipes.
Our friendly technicians inspect your existing water lines and water heater capacity during our initial visit.
This ensures your home can handle the rapid-fill faucets and fast-draining systems required for these specialized units.
We take exact measurements of your doorways and bathroom footprint to plan the cleanest installation route possible.
Sometimes we must widen a doorway slightly or adjust some drywall, but we always keep the mess to an absolute minimum.
This careful planning ensures the new unit fits snugly into your existing alcove without requiring a massive, costly remodel.
Once the custom-ordered unit arrives at your home, our skilled crew handles the entire swap with great care.
We carefully extract your old cast iron or fiberglass tub and dispose of it responsibly so you do not have to lift a finger.
Then we secure the new leak-free system, hook up the heavy-duty brass fixtures, and test every single seal thoroughly.
Modern sealed-door units are definitely not one-size-fits-all, as they offer various therapeutic and practical upgrades.
For instance, you can opt for heated backrests that keep you warm while the deep basin fills up with water.
This prevents you from catching a chill during those cold, snowy northern winters when the bathroom air feels brisk.
If you suffer from sore muscles or stiff joints, hydrotherapy jets can provide incredible, soothing relief.
These targeted water streams gently massage your lower back, legs, and feet to help ease chronic aches.
You get a spa-like experience right in the sanctuary of your own home, whenever you need it most.
Alternatively, air jet systems offer a gentler, bubbling sensation that stimulates circulation without applying intense pressure.
This option works beautifully for individuals with sensitive skin or highly tender joints.
We will walk you through these different configurations to find the perfect match for your physical needs and budget.
We are incredibly proud to serve the wonderful, tight-knit community of Craftsbury, Vermont.
Living in a scenic town with a population of 1,136 means we treat every client like our next-door neighbor.
We understand the local architecture, the chilly mountain climate, and the specific needs of homeowners in ZIP code 05826.
While the median household income here is recorded at $0 in certain databases, we know local families value real, lasting quality.
We focus on delivering durable, reliable home modifications that truly stand the test of time and add long-term value.
Our team works hard to keep our rates fair and transparent, ensuring you get the absolute most out of your hard-earned dollars.
Because we operate locally, we can respond quickly to your requests and provide dependable post-installation support.
You will never have to deal with a distant corporate call center or wait weeks for someone to return your call.
We live and work right down the road, and we always stand firmly behind the quality of our craftsmanship.
Investing in your safety and peace of mind is one of the smartest decisions you can make for your future.
Staying in the home you love as you age is far more comfortable than moving into an expensive assisted living facility.
Our low-threshold bathing systems provide the practical freedom you need to remain in your beloved home for many years to come.
Taking the first step is completely stress-free because we do not believe in high-pressure sales tactics.
We simply visit your home, look at your space, answer your questions, and leave you with an honest price quote.
This approach lets you discuss the options with your family and make a decision on your own terms.
Ready to transform your bathroom into a secure haven of relaxation and safety?
Simply call us to schedule your friendly in-home consultation.
We look forward to meeting you and helping you rediscover the simple joy of a safe, deep, luxurious bath!
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 Craftsbury.
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