The Crawford crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Lowndes 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.
Every single day we hear about people slipping in their washrooms. This happens because high tub walls pose a serious tripping hazard. Fortunately, we can help you swap that old hazard for a safe and accessible bathing option that fits right into your existing layout.
By choosing this modern upgrade, you will regain your independence and enjoy complete peace of mind. Our local team specializes in replacing dangerous traditional setups with secure, low-threshold alternatives designed for easy entry. We are proud to serve homeowners right here in Lowndes County, Mississippi, where we help neighbors stay safe in their own homes.
To make things even better, our friendly team offers a free home estimate to see what works best for your space. We will measure everything and give you an honest price without any pressure. You deserve a stress-free experience from start to finish.
First, you might wonder how we actually get one of these specialized, high-walled, leak-proof bathing units into your home. Actually, the process is pretty straightforward because our crew knows exactly how to navigate tight residential hallways. We carefully remove your old cast iron or acrylic basin first.
After that, we inspect the underlying wood framing and subfloor to make sure there is no hidden water damage or mold. This step is super important because a sturdy foundation prevents future sagging. Then, we update your plumbing lines to match the new drain location and install fast-drain technology.
Finally, we slide the new heavy-duty fiberglass or acrylic unit into place and seal it tight. This ensures a completely waterproof barrier so you do not have to worry about leaks damaging your floorboards. Here is a quick look at what our typical installation process includes:
| Installation Stage | Key Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Old Tub Demolition | Clears out old, moldy materials safely. |
| Subfloor Reinforcement | Ensures a solid base that will never creak or shift. |
| Plumbing Alignment | Matches your new rapid-drain system perfectly. |
| Sealing and Caulking | Guarantees a watertight finish with zero leaks. |
Now, let us talk about the incredible relief you feel when you can just open a watertight door and step inside without lifting your leg up high. It feels amazing to know you do not have to balance on one wet foot anymore. This upgrade literally changes how you feel about your daily routine.
On top of that, these units come loaded with therapeutic benefits like built-in grab bars and contoured seating. You can sit comfortably at a natural chair height while soaking in warm water. Which means you will never have to struggle to stand back up again.
Indeed, many residents in our small town of about 428 people are choosing to age in place rather than moving away. With a median household income of $26,016 in our local area, we know that budget matters, which is why we offer highly competitive pricing. We believe everyone in the 39743 ZIP code area deserves a safe place to wash up.
This is where things get really fun because you can customize your new setup with some great options. For instance, you can choose heated backrests to keep your shoulders warm while the basin fills up. Or, you can opt for hydrotherapy jets to soothe your tired muscles after a long day of yard work.
Moreover, we install extra-wide doors for those who need a bit more room to enter. This ensures that regardless of your mobility level, you can use the facility with total ease. We even have options that fit perfectly into smaller, cozy guest bathrooms.
Consequently, your daily washing routine becomes something you actually look forward to rather than dreading. Our team will guide you through every single feature during your free on-site consultation. We want to make sure you get exactly what you need without paying for extras you do not want.
One common complaint about these deep-soak units is having to sit and wait for the water to empty before you can open the door. Fortunately, we solve this issue by using advanced dual-drain systems that suck the water out in under eighty seconds. This keeps you from shivering while you wait to step out.
Additionally, our high-quality seals are backed by lifetime guarantees so you will never have to mop up a flooded floor. We take pride in our precision craftsmanship because we live and work in this community too. We treat your home with the exact same respect we would treat our own grandmother's house.
Naturally, you want your investment to last for decades without yellowing or cracking. That is why we recommend high-gloss gelcoat or premium marine-grade acrylic for your new setup. These materials are incredibly easy to wipe down and resist mold and mildew naturally.
Which means you can say goodbye to scrubbing grout lines on your hands and knees. A simple wipe with a soft cloth after your bath keeps everything looking brand new. This saves you tons of time and keeps harsh chemical fumes out of your home.
Furthermore, the non-slip textured flooring built into these units offers maximum traction for your feet. Even when soapy water is swirling around, you will feel completely planted and secure. It is all about giving you back your confidence and keeping you safe.
When you contact us, we do not just send a salesperson with a glossy brochure to pressure you into a quick deal. Instead, we send a real installer who knows the structural realities of Southern homes. We will look at your water heater capacity and check your door frames.
This allows us to give you an accurate, penny-perfect quote that will not change later. We believe in old-school honesty and clear communication. You will know exactly what the job entails before we ever turn a single wrench.
So, why wait until a slip or a fall forces your hand? Taking action today is the smartest way to protect your health and preserve your independence. Contact our friendly team right now to schedule your free estimate, and let us help you transform your bathroom into a secure haven.
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 Crawford.
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