The Kimmell crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Noble 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.
If you need to make your bathroom safer and way more comfortable without losing your independence, we have the perfect solution for your home. Our professional team specializes in replacing old, hazardous showers and standard basins with low-threshold, leak-proof bathing systems that let you slide right in and soak. You can easily request a free estimate today to see how affordable this life-changing upgrade can be for your household.
Getting into a standard bath can feel like climbing a mountain when your knees start acting up. Because of that struggle, many folks just stop enjoying their daily wash, which really sucks for their peace of mind. By choosing a specialized low-step entry system, you completely eliminate that scary balancing act on slippery tile.
This clever upgrade features a secure door built right into the side of the basin so you do not have to hoist your legs over a high ledge. On top of that, these units come with watertight seals that prevent any messy floods on your floor. You will finally feel relaxed knowing that slips and trips are a thing of the past.
Our local crew loves helping neighbors in this beautiful corner of Noble County, where family values and looking out for one another still mean something. Since our quiet unincorporated community with its 510 residents deserves the absolute best care, we bring top-tier craftsmanship right to your doorstep. We know the local homes well, especially around the 46760 ZIP code area, which helps us plan the perfect fit for your specific layout.
Think about how nice it feels to let warm water wash away the aches in your joints after a long day of work. To give you that luxury, these specialized deep-soaking basins feature built-in contoured seating that keeps you upright and secure while you unwind. This means you get to sit down and relax instead of hovering over a cold drain.
To make things even better, we can equip your new setup with therapeutic water jets that target sore muscles. Consequently, your daily rinse turns into a private spa experience that relieves stubborn back pain and improves circulation. You actually get to heal your body while enjoying a peaceful moment of solitude.
When you look at the financial side of things, our local median household income sits around $41,667, so we understand the importance of making every single dollar count. Because we respect your budget, we focus on durable materials that will last for decades without needing constant repairs. We promise to deliver honest value that protects both your physical well-being and your hard-earned savings.
You might worry that remodeling your bathroom will turn your home into a dusty, chaotic construction zone for weeks. Fortunately, our experienced installers work fast and clean up every speck of debris before we head out. Actually, we often complete the entire retrofitting process in just one or two days.
First, we carefully extract your old, outdated tub and inspect the plumbing underneath to ensure everything is solid. After that, we slide the new heavy-duty unit into place and hook up the specialized drainage lines. This meticulous approach guarantees that your new setup drains rapidly so you do not sit shivering while the water empties.
To help you compare your options, we put together a quick table showing how these specialized units stack up against standard options:
| Feature | Standard Basin | Our Safe Entry System |
|---|---|---|
| Step-in Height | 15 to 18 inches | Under 4 inches |
| Built-in Seating | None | Contoured and heated options |
| Slip Resistance | Very low | Textured safety flooring |
No two homes are exactly alike, which is why we offer a wide variety of styles and configurations to match your decor. For instance, you can choose from different grab bar placements, hand-held shower wand heights, and quick-fill faucets. This level of customization ensures that your new setup fits your body and your daily routine perfectly.
Besides the obvious physical safety perks, these modern fixtures look absolutely gorgeous and clean up with a simple wipe. Since the acrylic materials resist mold and grime, you will spend way less time scrubbing on your hands and knees. You get to spend your weekends doing what you actually love instead of chasing mildew.
If you are ready to explore the possibilities, we are happy to visit your home and take precise measurements for free. During this visit, we will listen to your needs, look at your existing plumbing, and give you a detailed price estimate. You will have all the facts you need to make the best decision for your family without any pressure.
Choosing a local crew based right here in Indiana means you get personalized service from people who actually care about their reputation. Unlike big national chains that treat you like a number, we treat you like our neighbor. We take pride in building safer spaces for seniors and anyone dealing with limited mobility in our community.
This dedication to our craft ensures that every seal is perfectly watertight and every grab bar is anchored securely to the wall studs. Which means you can lean your full weight on the safety features without a single worry about them giving way. We do not cut corners because your safety is our absolute highest priority.
Now is the perfect time to take control of your home safety before an accidental slip happens. By investing in a high-quality, easy-access bathing system, you are securing your ability to live independently in the home you love. Reach out to us today to schedule your free home consultation and take the first step toward a safer, happier lifestyle.
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 Kimmell.
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