The Manchaca crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Travis 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.
Every single day, simple tasks in the bathroom can start to feel like climbing a massive mountain.
Actually, stepping over that high slippery barrier of a standard basin is downright terrifying when your balance is not what it used to be.
Fortunately, we bring a brilliant alternative directly to your home so you can reclaim your independence without any fear of falling.
By choosing a specialized deep soaking system with a leakproof entry portal, you completely eliminate the need to lift your legs high.
This means you get to sit down on a raised, molded seat while the warm water wraps around your body.
To make this happen, we offer an on-site evaluation to measure your space and find the perfect match for your home.
Before we dive into the details, you should know that swapping out an old fixture requires some serious plumbing know-how.
For starters, these deep-soaking units hold a lot more water than a regular shallow basin.
Which means we must look at your current water heater to ensure it can actually handle the increased volume of hot water.
On top of that, your existing drain might need an upgrade to empty all that water quickly so you do not freeze while waiting to exit.
Naturally, our team inspects your entire pipe system during our first visit to prevent any nasty surprises later.
This lets you plan your budget perfectly because we lay out every single requirement in our initial free estimate.
Since these modern units often feature advanced hydrotherapy jets or rapid-drain pumps, they require dedicated electrical connections.
Because of this, we sometimes need to run new wiring from your main breaker panel to the bathroom area.
This ensures your new system operates safely without overloading your household circuits.
Additionally, we always install safety shut-off devices to protect you from any electrical faults near the water.
As a result of these extra steps, your daily soak becomes a deeply relaxing experience rather than a stressful event.
We handle all these complex technical details so you can focus entirely on picking out the features you want.
Many homeowners worry that their bathroom is simply too small for such a specialized therapeutic unit.
However, these innovative systems are actually designed to fit into the exact same footprint as a standard five-foot basin.
This lets us slide the new unit right into place without tearing down your load-bearing walls.
To give you a better idea of how these different models fit into your space, we compiled a quick comparison of the most common setups:
| Model Type | Average Width | Key Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Fit | 30 inches | Fits existing spaces easily |
| Bariatric Style | 35 inches | Provides extra seating room |
| Deep Soaker | 26 inches | Great for tight bathrooms |
Clearly, you have plenty of options regardless of how cramped your current layout might feel.
To help you make the best decision, our local technician will physically measure your doorways and hallways to guarantee a smooth delivery.
This careful planning prevents scratches on your walls and keeps the installation process completely stress-free.
Perhaps you have a handy family member who offered to help install your new safety basin over the weekend.
While their enthusiasm is great, these units weigh several hundred pounds even before you fill them with gallons of heavy water.
Consequently, an improper setup can cause massive structural damage to your subfloor or lead to slow leaks behind your drywall.
By hiring our local team, you get peace of mind knowing we secure all the necessary permits and follow strict local building codes.
Indeed, we live and work right here in this wonderful Texas community of just over a thousand neighbors, so we treat your home with the utmost respect.
We know the local water conditions and soil shifts, which helps us secure the framing so it never warps or squeaks.
When you deal with high volumes of water, even a tiny gap in the sealant can lead to thousands of dollars in structural repairs.
To prevent this, we use commercial-grade waterproof membranes and specialized silicone sealants that resist mold for years.
This extra protection keeps your indoor air clean and healthy for everyone in your household.
Furthermore, we inspect the wood joists beneath your old tub to make sure they can support the heavy weight of the new system.
If we find any soft spots or dry rot, we reinforce the floor before we ever place the new unit.
This thorough approach guarantees that your investment remains solid and leak-free for decades to come.
Beyond the watertight door itself, we can add several personalized upgrades to make your bathing experience even safer.
For instance, we strategically place heavy-duty grab bars exactly where your hands naturally reach for support.
This simple addition gives you incredible stability when transitioning from a standing position to a seated one.
On top of that, we install slip-resistant flooring surfaces inside the basin to prevent any unexpected slides.
These thoughtful touches allow you to retain your privacy and dignity without needing a family member to assist you.
During our consultation, we will physically guide you through these options to customize a setup that fits your body perfectly.
Investing in your home is not just about changing the look of a room... it is about investing in your future.
Staying in the home you love as you age is a major goal for many folks living in Travis County.
With a median household income of $75,556 in our area, many families find that upgrading their current home is far more affordable than moving into an assisted living facility.
By making this simple change, you can comfortably remain in your familiar surroundings for many years to come.
This smart decision also adds significant appeal to your property if you ever decide to sell it down the line.
Which means you get to enjoy the immediate daily benefits while also protecting your hard-earned home equity.
When you contact us, we do not subject you to high-pressure sales tactics or confusing industry jargon.
Instead, we sit down at your kitchen table, listen to your concerns, and look at your current bathroom setup together.
This honest communication ensures we design a solution that actually fits your budget and meets your physical needs.
Once you approve our clear written estimate, we schedule the work at a time that is most convenient for your household.
Our crew arrives on time, works efficiently to minimize disruption, and cleans up every speck of dust before we leave.
We want you to feel completely satisfied with the transformation of your space.
You do not have to live with the daily anxiety of stepping over a dangerous, slippery tub wall anymore.
Our friendly team is ready to visit your home in the 78652 area to provide a no-obligation estimate.
We will answer all your questions, show you our catalog of beautiful options, and help you find the perfect fit.
Simply reach out to us today to schedule your home assessment and take back your independence.
We look forward to helping you create a safer, much more pleasant bathroom environment that you can enjoy every single day.
Let us handle the heavy lifting so you can finally relax in total safety and peace of mind.
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 Manchaca.
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