The Richfield crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Hennepin 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 tired of stepping over high bathroom walls every single morning? Well, replacing that old slippery basin changes everything about your daily routine.
This massive shift lets you enjoy total peace while washing up. Now, let us dive into why local homeowners in Hennepin County love this change.
Maybe you wonder how workers actually swap out your old tub for something way safer. First, local crews arrive at your ZIP codes property to measure the exact space available. Then, they carefully remove the bulky porcelain chunk without damaging your surrounding tiles.
This careful removal protects your floors from accidental water damage. Consequently, your bathroom stays clean and dry throughout the whole messy procedure.
Next comes the tricky plumbing part that requires actual professional hands. Technicians adjust the existing drain pipes to match the new deep vessel footprint. Therefore, you never have to worry about annoying leaks popping up later down the road.
Each connection gets double-checked for maximum water flow and reliable security. Because of this meticulous attention, your brand new bathing unit functions flawlessly from day one.
Meanwhile, adding therapeutic water jets means hooking up a dedicated electrical line safely. Licensed sparks run heavy-duty wiring behind the drywall to power your soothing massage pumps. Thus, you get bubbling relaxation without blowing any fuses in your breaker box.
Modern safety switches protect you completely from any electrical mishaps while soaking. That means pure luxury meets strict safety codes right inside your own house.
Life in our vibrant community brings snowy winters that make aching joints flare up terribly. With a population sitting around 35,982 folks, many neighbors face mobility challenges as they age. Therefore, installing an accessible soaking station keeps you independent in your own home for years.
With a median household income around $63,434, investing in smart home upgrades adds massive resale value. This practical remodeling project pays for itself by preventing costly hospital visits from slips and falls.
| Feature | Direct Benefit For You |
|---|---|
| Low Threshold Door | Steps away from painful tripping hazards forever. |
| Hydrotherapy Jets | Melts away muscle tension after shoveling heavy snow. |
| Built-in Seating | Lets you sit comfortably while washing your entire body. |
On top of that, these units fill and drain remarkably fast compared to older models. This smart drainage design saves you precious time when you are rushing out the door.
Perhaps you worry that ripping out your primary bath will leave your family stranded. Most installations finish in just one or two days from start to finish. Hence, your daily routine faces minimal disruption during the messy construction phase.
Another big concern involves the overall cost of customizing such specialized plumbing fixtures.
Traditional tubs force you to balance precariously on one foot while lifting the other. Meanwhile, our featured fixtures feature a wide swinging door that opens outward effortlessly. This clever design completely eliminates the dangerous gymnastics required by standard porcelain basins.
Furthermore, standard tubs lack the ergonomic built-in seats that make sitting down so natural. Upgrading solves these frustrating mobility roadblocks once and for all.
Many houses feature cozy bathroom footprints that leave very little room for extra additions. Skilled contractors bring compact models that fit snugly into standard alcove spaces without breaking walls. Thus, you gain incredible safety features without sacrificing precious square footage.
Custom panels fill any awkward gaps left behind by the old equipment seamlessly. Your updated bathroom will look like it was originally built around your new soaking unit.
Keeping your acrylic surface sparkling clean requires very little effort on your busy weekends. Simple liquid soap and a soft sponge wipe away all the daily soap scum. Therefore, you spend less time scrubbing and more time enjoying your relaxing soak.
Regularly flushing the jet lines with specialized cleaner keeps the internal plumbing fresh. This basic maintenance routine guarantees years of trouble-free bubbling hydrotherapy sessions.
Sometimes mineral buildup can clog a tiny water jet after years of heavy use. Fortunately, most nozzles twist off easily so you can soak them in white vinegar. This quick fix restores full water pressure instantly without calling a repairman.
Knowing these simple tricks gives you total confidence as a homeowner.
Always leave the access panel slightly clear of heavy storage bins so technicians can inspect wiring. Checking hoses visually twice a year prevents small drips from turning into major headaches. Consequently, your investment stays protected against unexpected mechanical failures.
Proactive care adds decades of reliable service to your custom bathing station.
Waiting until a nasty slip occurs in the bathroom is simply not worth the risk. Taking action today protects your physical well-being and brings incredible peace of mind home. Now is the ideal moment to transform your hazardous bathroom into a secure oasis.
Reach out right now to claim your completely free quote from our friendly local team. We will inspect your space and give you honest pricing without any sneaky sales pressure.
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 Richfield.
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