The Waterstone crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Oakland 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 bathtub can feel like climbing a mountain when your knees or back start acting up. Because of this daily struggle, many local homeowners are looking for a smarter way to bathe without the fear of slipping on wet porcelain. By swapping your old, high-walled basin for a modern leak-proof unit with a built-in seat, you can finally reclaim your independence and enjoy hot baths again.
When you choose a specialized setup with a secure swing-in or swing-out door, you eliminate the need to balance on one foot just to get clean. This means you can simply step over a tiny threshold that is only a few inches off the floor, sit down on a comfortable contoured bench, and let the warm water wash away your daily aches. We proudly serve this beautiful lakeside community in Oakland County, helping folks stay safe in the homes they love.
If you want to discover how easy this transformation can be, we are ready to visit your home and evaluate your layout. Our team provides a detailed estimate at absolutely zero cost to you, ensuring you get the exact features you need. Let us help you turn your bathroom into a secure personal sanctuary today!
This specialized home upgrade requires a unique blend of plumbing expertise and carpentry skills to ensure a perfect, watertight fit in your existing space. Unlike standard remodeling projects, retrofitting a secure-entry bathing basin involves precise measurements so the door seal remains completely airtight for years to come. Our local crew handles the entire process from removing your heavy old cast-iron tub to updating your drain lines.
On top of that, these advanced units come loaded with features designed to make your daily routine much easier and more enjoyable. To help you visualize the different options, we have put together a quick comparison of the most popular styles available for your home.
| Model Type | Key Feature | Main Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Inward Opening Door | Space-saving design | Perfect for compact bathrooms |
| Outward Opening Door | Wide clear entry | Easy transfer from a wheelchair |
| Hydrotherapy Unit | Heated water jets | Soothes sore muscles and joints |
Which means you can customize your new setup to match your exact physical needs and bathroom dimensions. Naturally, we will walk you through every single option during our on-site visit to make sure you get the ideal fit.
Safety is obviously the number one reason people choose to upgrade their bathrooms with these accessible units. Because the vast majority of home accidents happen in the tub, installing a model with robust grab bars and a slip-resistant floor is a total game-changer. You will immediately feel a sense of relief knowing that you or your aging parents are protected from dangerous falls.
Besides the incredible safety aspect, the physical relief these deep-soaking basins provide is absolutely unmatched. Since these tubs are much deeper than standard models, you can submerge your entire torso in warm water while sitting completely upright. This therapeutic immersion helps improve circulation and eases the stiffness caused by arthritis or chronic back pain.
As a result, you will sleep better at night and move with more freedom during the day. We love seeing the smiles on our clients' faces when they realize they do not have to give up their relaxing baths. Our friendly team is always ready to answer your questions and help you choose the perfect therapeutic upgrades.
You might be tempted to try a DIY approach, but installing one of these heavy, complex units is definitely a job for experienced professionals. Since these tubs hold a massive amount of water, your bathroom floor joists often need extra reinforcement to handle the weight safely. Our skilled technicians know exactly how to inspect your subfloor and make the necessary upgrades before we slide the new unit in.
Additionally, electrical safety is paramount because many of these deep-soaking systems feature heated air pumps and hydrotherapy jets. This means we must run dedicated lines with ground-fault circuit interrupters to keep you completely safe while you soak. We take care of all these technical details so you do not have to worry about a thing.
Furthermore, we always make sure your hot water heater is up to the task of filling a larger basin quickly and efficiently. Sometimes this means installing a fast-fill faucet or upgrading your home's plumbing valves to handle the increased water flow. We inspect all of these elements during our initial consultation to prevent any unpleasant surprises later on.
Living in this lovely corner of Michigan means enjoying beautiful seasonal changes, but cold winters can really make joint pain flare up. Having a heated deep-soaking tub waiting for you at home is the ultimate way to warm up and soothe those stiff muscles. We love helping our neighbors in this community stay active and independent regardless of the weather outside.
For your peace of mind, our local team is deeply familiar with the homes in this area, which boasts a thriving community of over twenty thousand residents. We always treat your home with the utmost respect, keeping our workspace clean and tidy from start to finish.
Whether you live near the scenic golf courses or closer to the quiet residential pockets, we are just a quick drive away. We can easily coordinate a visit to your home to discuss your remodeling goals and provide a no-obligation quote. Let us show you how simple it is to bring safety and luxury back into your daily routine.
When you contact us for your free estimate, we schedule a convenient time to sit down and chat right in your living room. This lets us look at your current bathroom layout, measure your doorways, and check your existing plumbing lines. We believe in honest, straightforward advice, so we will tell you exactly what can be done without any pushy sales tactics.
During this visit, we will also discuss your specific mobility needs to ensure we recommend the perfect safety accessories. From heated backrests to hand-held shower wands, we customize every detail to make your bathing experience as relaxing as possible. You will receive a clear, comprehensive quote that outlines all the costs upfront so you can make an informed decision.
Now is the perfect time to take control of your safety and upgrade your home for the future. Contact our friendly local team today to schedule your consultation and take the first step toward worry-free bathing!
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 Waterstone.
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