The Loch Sheldrake crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Sullivan 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.
Maybe you felt a little slip last week when stepping over that high porcelain ledge in your bathroom. Honestly, that sudden jolt of fear is something nobody should have to deal with in their own home. Our local team specializes in putting in those leak-proof step-in baths with secure doors so you can wash up without worrying about ending up in the emergency room.
Actually, we believe that staying safe at home is the ultimate form of everyday luxury. By swapping out your old, hazardous setup for a modern, low-threshold model, you instantly transform your daily routine from a stressful chore into a relaxing escape. You deserve to feel completely secure and relaxed every single time you want to clean up.
So we are ready to drive out to your house right now to give you a totally free installation estimate. This custom quote comes with zero pressure because we want you to make the absolute best decision for your family. Let us help you bring back that feeling of total freedom and safety in your bathroom.
Think about how much energy you waste just trying to balance on one foot while getting wet. Since traditional setups have slick surfaces and high walls, they basically act like traps for anyone with stiff joints or balance issues. Our specialized low-threshold deep-soaking units solve this problem by letting you simply walk right inside through a secure, sealed swing door.
This means you can sit down on a comfortable, raised bench instead of lowering yourself all the way to the cold floor. Because our heavy-duty models feature built-in grab bars and non-slip floors, your slip risks basically drop to zero. On top of that, the thick acrylic walls keep the water hot much longer than old metal basins.
To help you see how these modern safety features compare to what you currently have at home, we created a quick comparison table below.
| Feature | Standard Home Tub | Our Low-Step Safety Model |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Height | Usually 15 to 18 inches high | Only 3 to 6 inches from the floor |
| Seating | Flat on the slippery floor | Contoured, ADA-compliant raised seat |
| Safety Grips | None, or cheap suction bars | Integrated, heavy-duty stainless steel bars |
| Drain Time | Slow and tedious | Powered fast-drain technology |
Now, you might wonder about the actual process of making this big change in your home. Our crew handles absolutely everything from removing your old clunker to sealing up the brand-new system. This means you do not have to worry about finding different plumbers or contractors to finish the job.
Living up here in this beautiful slice of Sullivan County means dealing with some pretty chilly winters. Whenever the mountain air turns icy, those old bones and joints tend to ache a whole lot more. Our customized hydrotherapy soaking systems offer incredible relief by wrapping your body in warm, soothing water right when you need it most.
Since our local area has a smaller population of around 1,236 residents, we treat every single client like our actual neighbor. We know that the median household income here sits around $30,750, which means every dollar you spend on home improvements has to count. That is why we focus on durable, long-lasting upgrades that truly increase your property value while keeping costs fair.
Whether you live near the local college campus or closer to the quiet lake areas in ZIP code 12759, our trucks are always nearby. This local presence allows us to arrive quickly for your initial consultation and complete the job without delay. You get top-tier service from people who actually know and love this unique corner of New York State.
First, we sit down with you to look at your existing bathroom layout and measure the doorway clearances. This step ensures we choose a model that fits perfectly through your halls without requiring major wall demolition. Which means we save you money by keeping the structural changes to an absolute minimum.
After that, we discuss your specific physical needs to place the grab bars and controls exactly where your hands naturally reach. This personalized approach guarantees that your new setup feels like it was custom-made just for your body. Then, we hand you a detailed, fixed price quote that explains every single cost clearly.
Indeed, one big concern people have is how fast these large units can empty out. Because nobody wants to sit shivering in a wet seat waiting for the water to slowly gurgle down the pipe, we install high-speed drain systems. These specialized drains pull the water out up to eight times faster than a standard drain.
Additionally, we look at your current hot water heater to make sure it has the capacity to fill your new deep-soaking basin. If your system needs a little boost, we can recommend simple upgrades to keep the warm water flowing. This attention to detail prevents any annoying surprises during your very first soak.
You might see those home improvement shows and think about tackling this project with a buddy. However, sealing a door that holds back sixty gallons of heavy water requires serious professional precision. Our trained crew uses advanced marine-grade sealants and heavy-duty leveling legs to ensure a flawless, leak-free fit.
On top of that, electrical hookups for the therapeutic water jets require certified expertise to keep everything completely safe. Since water and electricity obviously do not mix, our team follows strict safety protocols during every phase of the setup. This careful process gives you total peace of mind knowing the job was done right the first time.
Furthermore, we always clean up our mess completely before we pack up our tools and leave your home. We vacuum up the plaster dust, haul away your heavy old tub, and leave your bathroom looking sparkling clean. You can literally just walk in and start enjoying your gorgeous new oasis immediately.
So, there is absolutely no reason to keep risking your safety in a slick, outdated bathroom. By choosing our friendly team, you get local reliability, honest pricing, and a gorgeous upgrade that lets you stay in your beloved home forever. We make the entire process simple, transparent, and completely stress-free from start to finish.
Now, all you have to do is reach out to us to schedule your home visit. We will look at your space, answer every single question you have, and write up a clear estimate. Let us help you protect your independence so you can enjoy your home with total confidence and zero worries!
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 Loch Sheldrake.
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