The Shorewood 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.
Getting in and out of a standard bath can feel like climbing a mountain as you get older. This simple reality makes daily hygiene a stressful chore instead of a relaxing ritual. Fortunately, you can reclaim your independence by choosing a specialized accessible bathing system that features a leak-proof side door.
Our team of local home improvement experts brings these specialized safety units directly to your home. We handle the entire process from measuring your bathroom footprint to the final plumbing connections. You will receive a no-obligation estimate right at your doorstep to help you plan your bathroom upgrade without any stress.
Imagine never having to step over a high, slippery porcelain barrier again. Instead, you simply open the secure door, step inside over a very low threshold, and sit down on a built-in, contoured seat. This smart design dramatically lowers the risk of slips and falls in your wet area.
These advanced fixtures utilize a heavy-duty door with a pressure-sealed gasket that prevents water from escaping onto your floor. Because you enter the unit while it is dry, you close the door first and then use the fast-fill faucets to bring the water up to your preferred temperature. This unique sequence ensures you stay warm and comfortable during the entire process.
Many homeowners worry about sitting cold while the water drains away after their bath. To solve this, we install high-performance rapid-drain technology that empties the basin in just a couple of minutes. Which means you can open the door and step out onto your dry bath mat almost immediately after you finish washing.
On top of that, these units often feature built-in therapeutic water jets and warm air massage systems. These premium features help soothe sore muscles and improve circulation in your legs. You get a spa-like experience right in your own home without compromising your safety.
Replacing an old standard basin with a specialized easy-access soaking tub requires expert hands. First, we carefully remove your existing cast iron or fiberglass alcove unit without damaging your surrounding walls. This step demands patience and precision to preserve your plumbing lines.
Next, we inspect the subfloor to ensure it can support the weight of the new acrylic or gelcoat unit when it is filled with water. We often reinforce the floor joists to provide a rock-solid foundation. This attention to detail guarantees that your new fixture remains perfectly level and stable for decades.
After that, our skilled plumbers update your drain lines and faucet connections to match the high-flow requirements of your new system. We ensure all pipe connections are perfectly tight before we seal the unit into place. This thorough testing prevents hidden leaks behind your drywall.
| Feature | Concrete Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Low Step-In Threshold | Reduces tripping hazards and makes entry effortless |
| Contoured Heated Seating | Provides excellent back support and keeps you warm |
| Dual Drain Systems | Minimizes waiting time when you want to exit the bath |
| Watertight Door Seal | Keeps your bathroom floor dry and prevents water damage |
Living in a beautiful lakeside community like ours means you appreciate quality craftsmanship and reliable local service. Our team serves the entire area around the local lower lake, helping neighbors maintain their independence at home. We understand the specific architectural styles of homes in this lovely corner of Hennepin County.
With a local population of 7,752 residents, we take pride in building strong relationships with our clients. Many families here enjoy a median household income of $129,483, which allows them to invest in high-quality home renovations that add real value to their properties. We treat your home with the utmost respect during the entire construction process.
Whether you reside in the 55331 ZIP code area or nearby neighborhoods, we bring our mobile showroom resources to you. This localized approach means we are always nearby if you need quick assistance or have questions about your new system. We love helping our community stay safe and comfortable in their golden years.
Every homeowner has unique physical needs and style preferences. That is why we offer a wide variety of customization options, from grab bar placements to handheld showerhead sliders. You can choose the exact configuration that makes you feel most secure.
For instance, we can install specialized thermostatic mixing valves that prevent sudden spikes in water temperature. This feature protects sensitive skin from accidental scalding when someone else runs water in the kitchen. It gives you total peace of mind every time you bathe.
Additionally, you can select premium surround panels that mimic the look of natural stone or modern subway tile. This ensures your new safety fixture blends beautifully with your existing bathroom decor. You do not have to sacrifice style to achieve a safe living environment.
Investing in a professional barrier-free tub setup is much more affordable than moving into an assisted living facility. It allows you to remain in the familiar surroundings of your cherished home. You keep your independence while saving thousands of dollars in long-term care costs.
This home modification also increases the overall appeal of your property to future buyers who might be looking for multi-generational living spaces. It shows that the home has been meticulously updated and maintained. You are making a smart financial decision for your future and your family.
To help you make an informed choice, we provide clear, upfront pricing with no hidden fees. We explain every cost associated with the removal, plumbing, and finish work. This transparent process ensures you know exactly what to expect before we turn a single wrench.
Many clients ask us how long the conversion process takes from start to finish. In most cases, our experienced crew can complete the entire swap in just one to two days. This fast turnaround minimizes the disruption to your daily routine.
Another common concern is whether the new unit will fit through narrow bathroom doorways. We use specialized compact designs and modular pieces that slide easily through standard residential frames. This clever engineering avoids the need to tear down your bathroom walls.
We also guide you on how to clean and maintain your new non-porous acrylic surface. Because the material resists mold and mildew, a simple wipe down with a soft cloth keeps it sparkling clean. This low-maintenance design saves you from scrubbing on your knees.
Ready to transform your bathroom into a secure haven of relaxation? Our friendly local team is standing by to visit your home and assess your current bathroom layout. We will discuss your mobility goals and provide a detailed plan that fits your budget.
During our visit, we will measure your space and check your existing water heater capacity. This ensures your home is fully prepared to support your new soaking system. You get all the technical details explained in plain, simple language.
Contact us now to schedule your home consultation and take the first step toward safer bathing. There is absolutely no pressure to buy, just honest advice from your local home modification neighbors. Let us help you enjoy your home with confidence 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 Shorewood.
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