The Athena crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Umatilla 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 as the years slip by.
This is why upgrading your bathroom with a leak-proof, low-threshold bathing unit makes perfect sense.
Our professional team helps you regain your independence by replacing dangerous high-sided basins with secure, accessible alternatives.
You deserve a soaking experience that keeps you safe while washing away the daily aches.
Which means you can finally say goodbye to the fear of slipping on wet porcelain tiles.
We specialize in installing these custom deep-soak enclosures right in your home.
Our friendly local crew handles every single step of the process from plumbing to final trim.
This lets you sit back and watch your old, risky bathroom transform into a personal sanctuary.
Contact us today to schedule your home evaluation and start planning your upgrade!
Standard household tubs require you to balance on one leg while stepping over a high barrier.
That scary balancing act causes thousands of preventable bathroom falls every single year.
By choosing a specialized entry-door basin, you reduce that step-over height to just a few inches.
These advanced systems feature built-in contoured seating so you do not have to lower yourself all the way to the floor.
On top of that, heavy-duty grab bars provide sturdy handholds exactly where you need them most.
You will feel a massive boost in confidence the very first time you use it.
| Feature | Standard Basin | Accessible Entry Basin |
|---|---|---|
| Step-Over Height | 14 to 18 inches | 2 to 4 inches |
| Seating | None (floor level) | Contoured ADA-compliant seat |
| Safety Bars | Must buy separately | Integrated secure grab bars |
Furthermore, slip-resistant floors prevent your feet from sliding around when soapy water builds up.
This means you can wash yourself without constantly worrying about losing your footing.
We make sure every safety feature aligns perfectly with your physical needs.
You might worry that retrofitting a custom airtight enclosure will tear your house apart for weeks.
Actually, our experienced crew usually completes the entire swap in just a couple of days.
We start by carefully removing your old cast iron or fiberglass fixture without damaging the surrounding drywall.
Next, we inspect the subfloor to ensure it can support the weight of a fully loaded deep-soak unit.
If we find any hidden water damage or rot, we repair it immediately to secure your floor.
This guarantees your new setup remains rock-solid for decades of daily use.
After prepping the area, we run new heavy-duty drain lines and adjust the hot water mixing valves.
We then slide the new heavy-duty unit into place and level it perfectly using adjustable steel legs.
Finally, we apply commercial-grade silicone sealants to create a completely watertight barrier against leaks.
Because these deep basins hold more water than standard tubs, you might need a plumbing tune-up.
We check your existing water heater to ensure it can handle the increased volume of warm water.
This ensures you never run out of heat halfway through your relaxing soak.
If your pipes are old, we can replace them with modern PEX tubing during the installation.
Which means you get better water pressure and fewer worries about frozen pipes in the winter.
We keep everything up to code so you can enjoy total peace of mind.
You can customize these units with hydrotherapy jets that target sore muscles and stiff joints.
These heated air and water massage systems help soothe arthritis pain and improve your blood circulation.
It feels like having a private spa session right in your own home.
We also offer chromotherapy lights and aromatherapy reservoirs to enhance your relaxation.
These options turn a simple bath into a deeply therapeutic experience for your mind and body.
Our team will help you pick the exact features that match your budget and lifestyle.
Living in a tight-knit community in Umatilla County means we treat our customers like neighbors.
We know that home improvement is a big investment, so we never pressure you into buying.
Our crew respects your property by keeping the workspace clean and minimizing daily disruption.
Whether you live in a historic home near the local grain elevators or a modern house, we know how to handle local building styles.
We bring all the necessary permits and adhere strictly to local building codes in the 97813 zip code area.
This local knowledge ensures a smooth, hassle-free installation from start to finish.
We take pride in serving this wonderful city of 1,323 residents where community values still matter.
With a median household income of $62,607, local families need home upgrades that offer real, lasting value.
We deliver top-tier craftsmanship that protects your investment and raises your home equity.
We believe in giving you the straight facts so you can make an educated decision.
The biggest benefit of these specialized units is the unmatched safety and physical relief they offer.
They allow seniors and folks with mobility challenges to bathe privately without needing help from others.
However, you must keep in mind that you have to sit inside the unit while it fills and drains.
This means you will spend a few extra minutes waiting in the tub before you can open the door.
To make this easier, we install high-speed drains and fast-fill faucets to cut down on your waiting time.
Another factor to consider is the initial cost of the unit and the labor involved.
While it is more expensive than a basic plastic tub, it is far cheaper than moving into an assisted living facility.
It is a smart, proactive step that lets you stay in the home you love for years to come.
Now is the perfect time to take control of your safety and improve your daily quality of life.
Our team is ready to visit your home in Athena, Oregon, to measure your bathroom and discuss options.
We provide a detailed, written estimate completely free of charge with zero obligation to buy.
During our visit, we will look at your plumbing, doorway clearances, and electrical setup.
This ensures we give you an accurate price without any hidden fees or surprise costs later on.
We explain everything clearly so you know exactly what to expect during the project.
Do not wait for a dangerous slip or fall to force your hand on bathroom safety.
Give us a call to request your free quote today.
Let us help you make your bathroom a place of pure relaxation and absolute safety once 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 Athena.
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