The Brockway Landing crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over New London 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.
You can transform your daily bathing routine from a risky chore into a deeply relaxing experience. Many homeowners worry about slipping on wet tiles or struggling to climb over high barrier edges. By choosing a specialized low-entry bathing upgrade, you gain peace of mind and protect your independence at home.
Our dedicated local team travels right to your doorstep to assess your space and plan the perfect setup. We understand that your home is your sanctuary, so we focus on making it safer without losing any style. Request your free quote today to see how easily we can update your bathroom.
This simple change prevents slips and lets you enjoy a deep soak without any anxiety. Since we handle the entire process from start to finish, you do not have to worry about a thing. We are ready to help you create a secure, beautiful oasis in your existing bathroom layout.
You might wonder how these specialized accessible enclosures actually work to keep you safe. Instead of stepping way up and over a cold porcelain ledge, you simply open a secure side door and walk right inside. A heavy-duty rubber gasket seals the door tight once you shut it, which keeps every drop of water inside where it belongs.
Inside the unit, you will find a comfortable, molded seat that keeps you upright and relaxed. This elevated seating position means you do not have to struggle to get back up from the floor of the basin. On top of that, integrated grab bars and slip-resistant floors give you solid handholds and stable footing every single second.
Because these units are taller than traditional models, they allow the water to rise up to your chest. This design offers a warm, therapeutic soak that relaxes sore muscles and relieves stiff joints. You get all the benefits of a deep hot tub while staying completely safe and secure.
To help you understand the differences, here is a quick comparison of features:
| Feature | Standard Basin | Our Secure Accessible Model |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Height | 15 to 20 inches | Under 4 inches |
| Seating | Flat floor level | Contoured built-in seat |
| Safety Elements | None built-in | Grab bars and textured floor |
Living in this beautiful corner of New London County means you appreciate friendly, reliable service from people who know the area. Our professional crew services the local community, which has a population of 2,406 residents who deserve the absolute best care. We treat every home with the utmost respect, keeping our work area tidy and clean throughout the process.
You will appreciate our deep knowledge of local plumbing systems and housing styles. Whether your home is a historic gem or a modern build, we know how to integrate these specialized systems seamlessly. We always verify local water pressure and drainage speeds to ensure your new system drains rapidly after your bath.
While the median household income here is recorded as $0, we know that every homeowner values smart investments and honest pricing. That is why we provide detailed, transparent estimates without any hidden fees or surprise charges. We want you to feel confident in your choice to work with us from day one.
First, we start with a friendly, in-home consultation to measure your doorway and look at your current plumbing lines. This allows us to recommend the ideal size and door configuration for your specific physical needs and bathroom layout. We explain all your options clearly so you can make an informed decision.
Next, our skilled installers carefully remove your old, outdated fixture without damaging your walls or flooring. We inspect the subfloor for any hidden water damage or rot to ensure a rock-solid foundation for the new heavy unit. This step guarantees that your new setup remains perfectly stable and leak-free for decades.
Then, we hook up the new plumbing, including high-flow faucets and fast-draining waste lines. We level the new unit precisely and seal all the edges with premium, mold-resistant caulk. Finally, we run a full wet test to verify that the door seal is completely watertight before we clean up.
Imagine waking up and looking forward to a warm bath without feeling any dread or hesitation. This upgrade restores your privacy, allowing you to bathe independently without needing assistance from family members or caregivers. You get to maintain your dignity and your daily routine on your own terms.
Furthermore, the soothing warm water helps ease arthritis pain, improves circulation, and promotes much better sleep at night. It is not just about physical safety; it is also about improving your overall quality of life. Investing in your bathroom is truly an investment in your personal health and happiness.
Additionally, keeping your home accessible helps you stay in the neighborhood you love for many more years. You do not have to think about moving to an assisted facility when your home adapts to your changing needs. This simple change brings incredible reassurance to both you and your loved ones.
We make it incredibly easy for you to take the first step toward a safer bathroom today. You can contact us to schedule a convenient time for one of our friendly technicians to visit your property. We will look at your space, listen to your ideas, and draft a clear plan that fits your budget.
During our visit, we will show you different styles, door directions, and optional features like soothing air jets. You will get a complete, written price quote with absolutely zero pressure to make a decision on the spot. We believe in letting our quality work and honest approach speak for themselves.
Do not wait for an accidental fall to make you wish you had upgraded your bathroom sooner. Take control of your home safety today by letting our professional crew handle everything for you. We look forward to helping you enjoy safe, comfortable, and independent bathing 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 Brockway Landing.
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