A safe bath in Devil's Pocket begins with a sealed door and a four inch step. The Philadelphia crew nearby sees the whole change through in days.
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 into a standard bathtub can feel like climbing a mountain as you get older. This is why replacing your old, dangerous tub with a modern, low-threshold option makes perfect sense for staying safe. You can finally stop worrying about slipping on wet porcelain and start enjoying your daily routine again.
Fortunately, our team visits local homes to measure your bathroom space and provide a detailed plan. We help you choose the perfect model that fits your layout and your physical needs. Our friendly installers will handle everything from removing the old unit to plumbing the new one in place.
By choosing a professional setup, you avoid costly water leaks that ruin your floors. This means you get peace of mind along with a beautiful, secure bathing space. Let us show you how easy it is to upgrade your home today.
To help you understand the options, we put together a quick comparison of what we offer:
| Feature | Standard Tub | Our Accessible Units |
|---|---|---|
| Step-in Height | 14 to 18 inches | Under 4 inches |
| Seating | None (floor level) | Contoured ADA-compliant seat |
| Safety Bars | Must add separately | Built-in heavy-duty grab bars |
Living in historic homes around the Devil's Pocket neighborhood of Philly brings unique challenges for plumbing upgrades. Many local properties feature tight hallways, narrow doors, and older cast-iron pipe systems. Our crew knows how to navigate these tricky spaces without damaging your historic plaster walls.
Because this unique corner of Pennsylvania features beautiful but compact rowhomes, standard off-the-shelf products rarely fit right. We specialize in retrofitting these snug bathrooms to maximize your available square footage. This ensures you do not have to move out of the neighborhood you love just to stay safe.
On top of that, local water pressure in the PA area requires specific valves to work correctly. We install fast-drain technology so you do not have to sit shivering while the water empties. Which means you stay warm, cozy, and comfortable throughout the entire process.
First of all, the built-in heated seating prevents your muscles from aching while you soak. This lets you relax deeply after a long day of walking around the city. You will feel like you have a private spa right in your own home.
Besides the physical relief, these units add immense value to your property. Future buyers look for accessible features because they want to age in place too. So, you are making a smart financial investment while securing your personal freedom.
Additionally, the leak-proof door seal comes with a lifetime guarantee. You never have to mop up a flooded bathroom floor again. That saves you from expensive mold remediation down the road.
Naturally, you want to customize your new setup with the best accessories available. We offer therapeutic water jets that target lower back pain and stiff joints. These jets use adjustable pressure settings so you can customize your daily soak.
Next, you should consider our handheld shower wand upgrades. This tool allows you to wash your hair easily while remaining safely seated. It adds an extra layer of convenience to your routine.
Finally, our slip-resistant floors provide maximum traction even when soapy. You can stand or sit with complete confidence. No more sliding around or losing your footing.
Initially, we come to your home to look at your existing bathroom layout. We take exact measurements so we do not order the wrong size unit. This initial visit is completely free of charge and carries no obligation.
After we agree on a plan, our factory-trained installers arrive on time with all the tools. We protect your floors with heavy drop cloths before we start any demolition. We work fast to minimize the disruption to your daily life.
Once we finish the plumbing connections, we test every single seal and valve twice. We do not leave until we know the unit is 100% leak-free and safe. Then, we clean up our mess so your home looks spotless.
When you schedule your visit, our friendly estimator will answer all your burning questions. We do not use high-pressure sales tactics because we want you to feel relaxed. We simply explain what fits and what it will cost.
During this chat, we also look at your water heater capacity. Sometimes older homes need a larger tank to fill a deep soaking unit. We make sure your home can handle the upgrade before you spend a dime.
Lastly, we provide a written quote that stays valid for several months. This gives you time to talk it over with your family. We believe in transparency and honesty above everything else.
To be honest, trying to install one of these heavy units yourself usually ends in disaster. They weigh hundreds of pounds and require advanced carpentry skills to level properly. One wrong cut can ruin your expensive new purchase instantly.
Furthermore, electrical and plumbing codes are strict in the local area. Our professional team knows how to secure the proper permits and pass inspections. This keeps your home insurance valid and your family safe.
If you make a mistake with the drain placement, you risk rotting out your floor joists. That mistake costs thousands of dollars to fix later. Hiring us prevents these stressful headaches from happening to you.
Ultimately, staying in your own home as you age is the ultimate goal. You do not want to give up your privacy or your daily habits. Our specialty bathing systems let you keep your dignity and your routine.
Now is the perfect time to take action before an accidental slip occurs. Preventing an injury is much easier and cheaper than recovering from one. We are ready to help you make this crucial transition.
Contact us today to request your completely free in-home estimate. We will guide you through the options and find a solution that fits your budget. Let us help you enjoy safe, worry-free bathing once again.
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 Devil's Pocket.
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