The Salvo crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Dare 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.
Taking a bath should feel like a relaxing escape rather than a stressful obstacle course.
If you worry about slipping on wet tiles, you are definitely not alone.
This is why upgrading your bathroom with a secure, low-step entry system makes perfect sense today.
Our professional crew visits your home to evaluate your current setup.
We help you choose a beautiful, watertight chamber that fits your space.
This means you can finally wash away your daily worries without any fear of falling.
Getting your independence back starts with a simple conversation.
We offer a completely complimentary assessment to help you plan this upgrade.
You deserve a safe, worry-free sanctuary right inside your own home.
Many folks do not realize how much work goes into swapping out an old basin.
First, we must carefully extract your existing cast iron or acrylic basin.
This requires some heavy lifting and precise cutting to protect your walls.
Once the old unit is gone, we inspect your underlying subfloor for water damage.
Fixing these hidden issues right away keeps your home structurally sound for decades.
After that, we run new drain lines to handle the rapid-drain technology.
Our skilled team then slides the new high-walled unit with a leak-proof door into place.
We level the frame perfectly so the door seals tight against the heavy-duty gaskets.
This meticulous process ensures you never have to deal with messy puddles on your floor.
| Special Feature | Direct Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Ultra-low threshold | Eliminates the need to climb over a high barrier, preventing dangerous falls. |
| Contoured built-in seat | Allows you to sit down comfortably while washing, reducing physical strain. |
| Fast-drain system | Empties the water quickly so you do not sit shivering after your bath. |
| Hydrotherapy jets | Soothes tired muscles and aching joints with a gentle, warm massage. |
Living along this beautiful, breezy stretch of Dare County brings unique home maintenance challenges.
High humidity and salty air can take a toll on standard plumbing fixtures.
That is why we install top-tier, corrosion-resistant materials designed to withstand coastal conditions.
Since we are talking about a tight-knit community of around 70 residents, reputation is everything.
We treat every single homeowner like our close neighbor because you actually are.
This means we never cut corners or use cheap materials that fail after a few months.
With a local median household income of $126,250, we know you value smart, long-term investments.
Upgrading your property with high-quality accessibility features boosts your overall home equity.
Plus, it allows you to age in place gracefully instead of moving away from the coast.
Before we turn a single wrench, we lay down thick drop cloths to protect your floors.
We respect your living space and keep dust to an absolute minimum.
This keeps your home clean while we handle the messy demolition phase.
Next, our plumbers adjust your hot and cold water lines to match the new faucet placement.
We often install thermostatic control valves to prevent sudden temperature shocks.
This clever addition protects your sensitive skin from accidental scalding.
Once the plumbing is secure, we slide the heavy-duty acrylic shell into the alcove.
We anchor it securely to the wall studs to prevent any shifting over time.
This rock-solid stability gives you total confidence whenever you lean against the sides.
You can choose from a wide variety of upgrades to make the space truly yours.
For instance, heated backrests keep you warm while the deep basin fills with water.
This ensures you stay warm even during chilly winter mornings on the coast.
Many clients also choose therapeutic air jets to help with circulation.
These tiny bubbles gently massage your legs and lower back to relieve stubborn aches.
This transforms a basic hygiene routine into a luxurious, spa-like experience.
We also install sturdy grab bars exactly where you need them most.
Our team positions these bars based on your height and natural reach.
This personalized touch makes sitting and standing feel completely effortless.
Naturally, you might worry that a major bathroom remodel will take weeks to finish.
However, our experienced installers usually complete the entire transformation in just a couple of days.
This minimal disruption means your daily routine gets back to normal very quickly.
We handle all the permits and local building codes required in the 27972 zip code.
You do not have to worry about confusing paperwork or inspections.
We take care of every single detail from start to finish.
Once the installation is done, we run a thorough water test to verify the seal.
We show you exactly how to operate the door latch and the cleaning nozzles.
This hands-on walkthrough ensures you feel 100% comfortable using your new system immediately.
Investing in your safety today prevents costly accidents tomorrow.
Our friendly local experts are ready to visit your home and measure your bathroom.
We provide a clear, detailed estimate with absolutely no hidden fees or high-pressure sales.
Taking this step helps you maintain your freedom and privacy in the bathroom.
You will love the feeling of independent bathing without needing assistance.
Reach out to us today to schedule your free home assessment and start planning your upgrade.
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 Salvo.
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