The Montour crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Tama 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.
Are you getting sick and tired of slipping around in your old standard bathtub? Safe soaking options exist today that can turn your bathroom into a giant stress-relieving zone. You can grab a free estimate right now to make bathing safe and simple again.
Actually, tripping over a tall tub wall is a total nightmare for anyone. Standard tubs have huge side walls that force you to balance on one foot. That dangerous maneuver leads to nasty falls on hard ceramic tiles. Upgrading to a modern accessible bathing box with a sealed door solves this problem overnight.
Because these sealed soaking units have ultra-low step-in thresholds, you just walk right inside without lifting your leg up high. Plus, the built-in sitting bench lets you relax comfortably while the hot water fills up around your waist. You will never have to worry about struggling to stand up from the slippery floor ever again.
Furthermore, these fancy sealed bathing stations come equipped with built-in grab bars and textured floor panels. Therefore, you stay totally steady on your feet even when the water gets soapy. You can read a nice book or just close your eyes without any anxiety. Getting older or having bad knees shouldn't mean giving up your daily warm soak.
Honestly, these water boxes are packed with features that make your morning routine feel like a high-end luxury resort. Hydrotherapy jets can target your aching lower back and stiff legs with warm water streams. Consequently, your muscles loosen up super fast after a long day of working in the yard or walking around town.
Additionally, modern heated backrests keep your upper body cozy while the deep basin fills to the brim. Fast-draining water technology means you won't sit there shivering while waiting for the tub to empty out. What a huge relief when you just want to dry off and get dressed!
Besides that, handheld shower wands give you ultimate control over where the water goes. This feature makes washing your hair extremely easy without splashing soap into your eyes. Cleaning the inner walls of the acrylic basin takes just a second too. Look at how these features stack up against standard equipment below.
| Feature | Old Traditional Tub | Upgraded Low-Step Bathing Box |
|---|---|---|
| Step-In Height | 15 to 20 inches high threshold | Ultra-low threshold under 4 inches |
| Seating Area | Lying down on flat bottom floor | Built-in raised chair-height bench |
| Safety Tools | None unless you screw them in | Factory integrated grab bars and anti-slip floors |
| Hydro Massage | Not available in basic units | Custom water and air jets built into walls |
Before ordering any equipment, you need to think about your local area setup. Tucked away in Tama County, local folks understand that older homes often have unique plumbing quirks. With a tight-knit population around 297 residents, getting customized service from a neighborly installer is key.
Luckily, fitting one of these safe deep-soakers into a local house with ZIP code 50173 usually requires no massive structural demolition. Homes around here, where the median household income sits around $42,426, deserve affordable long-term living upgrades that actually add real value. A proper installation fits right into the exact footprint of your existing fiberglass tub.
Anyway, our local team comes right out to measure your door frames and water line connections first. This ensures the huge deep basin slides through your narrow hallways without scratching your freshly painted drywall. You end up with a spotless job that looks like it was built with the house.
First off, the work starts by carefully removing your old rusty alcove tub and haul it out the front door. After that, we inspect the subfloor underneath to make sure there is zero rotten wood or hidden water damage. Fixing any old moldy floorboards right then prevents costly structural rot down the line.
Next, we update the old supply pipes and install a heavy-duty drain system to handle the large water volume. Naturally, big deep tubs require fast water flow so you do not waste time sitting around waiting. Installing top-grade brass valves guarantees leak-free operation for decades to come.
Then, the new step-in unit gets slid into place and carefully leveled out on a solid steel frame support. Once anchored securely, thick silicone sealant blocks moisture from getting behind your wall paneling. Finally, electrical hookups get wired safely to run your warm massage jets and internal water heaters.
To begin with, you need to decide whether an inward-swinging door or an outward-swinging door fits your bathroom layout best. Inward doors save tons of floor space in smaller powder rooms. On the flip side, outward doors give you maximum room to walk inside if you use a walker or cane.
Meanwhile, high-gloss acrylic shells offer amazing scratch resistance and wipe down easily with plain soapy water. Fiber-reinforced gelcoat options offer a budget-friendly way to get all the safety upgrades without breaking the bank. Either choice gives your bathroom a clean modern look that shines bright.
Naturally, customized wall surround panels can be added to match your tile floors or wall colors perfectly. Waterproof wall systems cover up old ugly drywall and prevent annoying mold growth completely. Your renovated space will look cozy, stylish, and full of pleasant ease.
Suddenly, trying a DIY job on a big aquatic unit like this can cause massive water leaks that ruin your living room ceiling below. Deep water basins hold a tremendous amount of weight when full. Professional installation ensures the floor joists below are fully reinforced to support that massive load safely.
On top of that, electric water jets require dedicated electrical breakers to run without tripping your home circuits. Professional plumbers and certified electricians make sure all work meets rigid local building codes. You get total peace of mind knowing your home is safe from fire risks and water damage.
In addition, proper venting must be installed so the tub empties out completely in just a couple minutes. Without correct plumbing vents, water bogs down and leaves dirty ring lines along the acrylic walls. Expert setup means everything flows smooth and clean every single time you bathe.
Right now, you can get a friendly local contractor to evaluate your bathroom space without spending a single dime. A technician measures your plumbing lines, checks your electrical panel, and shows you actual material swatches. Getting exact numbers upfront stops any annoying price surprises down the road.
Surprisingly, many home updates can be customized to fit your personal budget while still offering max safety benefits. Having a real pro look at your specific setup helps you pick out only the features you will actually use daily. You won't get stuck paying for fancy tech options that you don't even care about.
Ultimately, taking action today protects your personal independence so you can stay in the house you love forever. No more fear of falling, no more awkward balancing acts, just pure relaxation whenever you want it. Reach out today to grab your free quote and start enjoying stress-free bath times again!
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 Montour.
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