The Fair Haven crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Saint Clair 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. Sadly, many traditional bathrooms feature slippery, deep tubs that turn a relaxing wash into a stressful chore. Luckily, there is a smart way to remodel your bathing space to regain your independence without losing the joy of a warm soak.
By bringing in a local professional to swap your old basin for a low-threshold model, you instantly eliminate the scary balancing act of climbing over high walls. This simple change helps you stay in the home you love for much longer. Honestly, making your bathroom safer is one of the best investments you can ever make for your peace of mind.
When you work with us, we send a friendly installer directly to your home to look at your setup and provide an estimate. This means you get real answers tailored to your specific layout without spending a single dime upfront. We believe in honest talk, simple solutions, and zero pressure.
These specialized safety basins come loaded with smart features designed to keep you secure and cozy. For starters, they feature a tight, leak-proof door built right into the side so you can walk right in. Which means you only have to step over a tiny gap of just a few inches to get settled.
Once you step inside, you will notice a sturdy, built-in bench that lets you sit down comfortably while the water fills up around you. On top of that, heavy-duty grab bars give you something solid to hold onto at all times. This clever design prevents slips and keeps you feeling totally steady.
To help you compare the different models we can set up for you, we put together a handy overview of the most popular configurations.
| Model Type | Key Feature | Primary Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Soaker Basin | Deep water depth | Deep muscle relaxation |
| Hydrotherapy System | Water jets | Gentle massage for joints |
| Aero therapy System | Air bubbles | Soft skin stimulation |
| Bariatric Option | Wider door and seat | Extra room and support |
Choosing the right team to handle this project makes all the difference in how the job turns out. Because we live and work near the beautiful waters of Anchor Bay, we understand the local housing styles around here. We know how the plumbing looks in these older and newer homes alike.
Our skilled crew takes great pride in treating your property with the utmost respect. This means we clean up our mess, protect your floors, and double-check every single seal before we call the job done. We want you to feel totally satisfied with your brand-new setup.
Additionally, we love serving the tight-knit community here in Saint Clair County. With a local population of 6,966 people, we treat everyone like a neighbor because you actually are one. You can trust us to deliver honest work at a fair price.
First, we start with a friendly chat right in your home to measure your current layout and discuss what you need. During this visit, we look at your water heater and your doorways to make sure everything aligns perfectly. Consequently, you get a highly accurate plan with no hidden surprises down the road.
Next, our team carefully removes your existing, outdated fixture without damaging the surrounding walls or plumbing. We then upgrade your drains and install fast-filling faucets to make your new system run as efficiently as possible. This step ensures you do not have to sit around waiting for the water to warm up.
Finally, we secure the new unit, seal every edge with commercial-grade silicone, and run a complete wet test. This lets you see the system in action and learn how to use the controls before we leave. We make sure you feel totally confident using your new setup.
We are proud to serve families living throughout the 48023 ZIP code and the surrounding countryside. Although the median household income is listed as $0 in some database archives, we know this area is rich in hard-working people who value quality craftsmanship. We keep our pricing competitive to fit a wide range of household budgets.
Living in this beautiful corner of Michigan means dealing with chilly winters that can make joint pain feel much worse. Having a warm, deep place to soak right in your own home is a game-changer during those freezing months. It is like having a private spa session whenever you feel like it.
Many folks ask us if their current water heater can handle a larger, deeper soaking system. Generally, you might need a larger tank or a modern tankless heater to keep the water nice and hot. We always inspect your current utility setup during your consultation to give you the straight facts.
Another common worry is how long the actual swap takes from start to finish. Typically, our experienced crew can wrap up the entire process in just one to two days. This means your daily routine suffers very little disruption, and you can start enjoying your new bathroom right away.
Now, if you are ready to make your home a safer, more comfortable place, we are here to help. Contact us today to schedule your free, no-obligation estimate, and let us help you find the perfect fit for your 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 Fair Haven.
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