The LaFollette crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Campbell 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 often becomes a real challenge as the years roll by.
Actually, you do not have to struggle with those high tub walls or worry about slipping on wet tiles anymore.
Our team of skilled local professionals helps you transform your bathing space into a secure haven with a customized, low-threshold bathing unit.
This wonderful upgrade lets you regain your independence right at home.
Because of this change, you can enjoy a deeply relaxing soak without any of the anxiety associated with traditional deep basins.
We come straight to your house to evaluate your current setup and provide a written estimate.
Your peace of mind remains our absolute highest priority.
Which is why we focus on top-tier craftmanship and swift, mess-free setups.
Let us explore how this simple home modification can completely change your daily routine for the better.
Standard tubs require you to balance on one foot while stepping over a dangerously high barrier.
By contrast, our specialized entry-door bathing basins feature an incredibly low step-in height of just a few inches.
This design practically eliminates the risk of nasty falls when you want to wash up.
Inside these modern units, you will discover a built-in contoured seat that supports your body comfortably.
Naturally, this means you can sit down safely instead of trying to lower yourself all the way to the floor.
On top of that, strategically placed grab bars give you extra leverage and solid stability every step of the way.
Imagine soaking your tired muscles in warm, swirling water while feeling totally secure.
Indeed, many homeowners find that these specialized systems help relieve joint stiffness and chronic back pain.
We make sure your new setup fits your body size and your bathroom layout perfectly.
Many folks worry that remodeling their bathroom will take weeks and create a giant mess.
Fortunately, our experienced crew can usually complete the entire process in just one or two days.
We carefully extract your old, outdated tub and prepare the plumbing for the new leak-free door system.
Every single home has its own unique structural quirks and plumbing configurations.
That is why we inspect your pipes, floor joists, and water heater capacity beforehand to ensure everything runs smoothly.
This meticulous planning guarantees that your new system drains fast and fills up quickly without overloading your water heater.
Our skilled installers seal every single seam with high-grade, mold-resistant materials to prevent any future water damage.
Consequently, you get a beautiful, watertight finish that looks incredibly neat and professional.
We clean up every speck of dust before we leave so you can use your new space immediately.
Choosing the right setup for your home can feel a bit overwhelming at first.
To help you make an informed decision, we put together a simple comparison of different bathing options:
| Bathing Option | Safety Level | Key Benefit | Installation Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Alcove Tub | Low | Very inexpensive | Varies |
| Barrier-Free Shower | Medium | Easy wheelchair access | 2 to 3 Days |
| Seated Easy-Entry Tub | High | Deep soaking with zero slip risk | 1 to 2 Days |
While a walk-in shower is great for quick rinses, it does not allow for a deep, therapeutic soak.
Therefore, our premium seated units offer the absolute best of both worlds by combining easy access with full-body water immersion.
You get the ultimate relaxation experience without ever compromising on your personal safety.
We take immense pride in serving our wonderful local neighbors in this beautiful part of East Tennessee.
Living in a tight-knit community of about 7,131 residents means that our reputation is everything to us.
We treat every single home we enter with the utmost respect, as if it belonged to our own family.
Our local knowledge allows us to understand the specific housing styles and plumbing systems common in the 37766 ZIP code area.
Whether you live in a historic home near the lake or a modern suburban property, we know exactly how to handle your remodel.
We keep our prices fair and honest, keeping in mind the local median household income of the region.
You do not have to travel far or deal with giant national corporations to get top-quality service.
Instead, you can work with a friendly, local crew that is always just a quick phone call away.
We handle all the heavy lifting, permits, and plumbing adjustments so you can sit back and relax.
A very common question we hear is whether these specialized doors will ever leak water onto the bathroom floor.
Thanks to heavy-duty, pressure-sealed door gaskets, our units stay completely watertight for years to come.
Actually, the water pressure itself helps push the door shut, creating an incredibly tight, reliable seal.
Another thing people ask about is how long they have to sit inside the tub while it drains.
To solve this issue, we install high-speed drain systems that empty the basin in just a couple of minutes.
This smart feature means you will not get chilly waiting for the water to empty out before you open the door.
We also offer various extra features like heated seating shells and relaxing air jets for a true spa-like experience.
During our initial visit, we show you all these different options and help you choose what fits your budget.
We believe in clear, honest communication without any pushy sales tactics or hidden fees.
Investing in your safety and physical well-being is one of the smartest decisions you can make for your home.
By taking action today, you prevent painful slips and ensure you can stay in your beloved home for many years to come.
Our team makes the entire process incredibly simple, straightforward, and affordable.
We would love to visit your property and provide you with a detailed, no-obligation estimate.
This lets you see exactly what is possible for your space and how we can customize the project for you.
There is absolutely no pressure to buy, just honest advice from friendly local professionals who genuinely care.
Do not wait for an accidental fall to make you wish you had upgraded your bathroom sooner.
Reach out to us today to schedule your consultation and take the first step toward safer, more luxurious bathing.
We look forward to meeting you and helping you transform your home into a safer, more comfortable place to live!
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 LaFollette.
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