The Franklin Park crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Allegheny 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.
Are you getting tired of worrying about slippery bathroom floors every time you take a soak? You deserve a gorgeous space where stepping into warm water feels completely safe and stress-free. Getting a quick price estimate at no cost lets you plan your budget without any pressure.
Honestly speaking, wet traditional tub ledges are just waiting to trip somebody up on a bad day. Modern step-in hydrotherapy units change everything by getting rid of that high wall you have to climb over. This single change gives you back your independence instantly while keeping your body totally relaxed.
In addition to that, these custom units feature built-in seating so you never have to strain your knees trying to stand up. Fast drainage systems mean you will not sit around shivering while the water empties out either. It really turns a scary chore back into a relaxing escape.
Besides the amazing safety perks, adding this kind of fixture actually boosts the long-term value of your property. Buyers love seeing accessible modern fixtures when shopping for long-term real estate. So you get to enjoy deep warm soak jets today while protecting your home equity for tomorrow.
Every single bathroom has its own weird layout quirks and plumbing secrets hidden behind the drywalls. That is why choosing the right custom features makes all the difference for your everyday happiness. You can pick high-end hydrotherapy jets to massage your tired muscles after a long day of working outside.
Furthermore, heated backrests keep your upper body nice and warm while the water level rises up around you. Low step-in thresholds let your feet glide right inside without any awkward balancing acts. You get total control over every feature from grab bar placement to handheld showerhead nozzles.
To help you visualize what options fit your exact personal needs, check out this handy feature breakdown below.
| Special Feature | Everyday Practical Benefit | Who It Helps Most |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra-Low Entry Threshold | Prevents trips and eliminates high stepping | Anyone with hip or knee stiffness |
| Whirlpool Air Jets | Massages sore joints and boosts blood flow | People dealing with tough muscle aches |
| Quick Drain Pumps | Empties water in under two minutes | Bathers who get cold quickly |
| Textured Slip-Resistant Floor | Keeps feet planted firmly on wet surfaces | Everyone wanting total stability |
Clearly, picking the right combination of features transforms your simple washing routine into a high-end spa day. You do not have to settle for basic plastic setups when luxury models fit so easily into your existing nook. Plus, professional installation guarantees every single water seal stays completely leak-free for years.
Maybe you are wondering how we figure out the exact cost for your specific space without making a mess. First, a friendly local installer drops by your front door to inspect your current plumbing setup and take exact measurements. We talk through what you want and hand you a written zero-obligation cost estimate right on the spot.
After that, we check your existing water heater capacity to make sure it can handle extra gallons of warm water. Sometimes older homes need upgraded piping or wider door frames to fit large modern units inside smooth. We catch all those little details early so there are never any surprise fees tagged onto your final bill.
Consequently, you get absolute clear numbers before spending a single hard-earned penny. We explain every step in plain plain English so you feel totally confident moving forward. No pushy sales tactics or sneaky hidden fees ever enter the picture.
Living right around this vibrant community in Allegheny County means dealing with real winter cold snaps that make warm baths feel amazing. Homes around here often feature solid framing but aging bathroom layouts that need modern updates. With local median household incomes floating right around $122,028, homeowners here understand the massive value of investing in smart property upgrades that last a lifetime.
On top of that, serving the local population of roughly 14,448 residents across popular ZIP codes like 15090 and 15237 has taught us exact construction quirks common to this beautiful region. We know how the local water hardness impacts plumbing lines and what sealants hold up best against seasonal temperature swings. Local experience simply saves you time, money, and hassle during installation day.
Because our team works right in your backyard, we show up on time and finish the job fast. You do not have to wait around for weeks for out-of-town crews to find your street. We handle permits, local codes, and heavy lifting while you just sit back and relax.
Replacing an old fiberglass fixture with an easy-access door unit is actually much faster than most folks think. Our skilled crew protects your floors with clean runners before removing a single piece of old material. Then we haul away your old bulky basin so you do not have to worry about dumpsters on your driveway.
Next, we strengthen your subfloor framework to easily hold the heavy weight of a deep soaking system filled with water. Plumbing lines get re-routed, updated, and tested for maximum water pressure and swift drainage. We bring in dedicated lines if your chosen model features powerful hydro jets or fast-heating inline pumps.
Finally, we slide your stunning modern fixture into place, level it perfectly, and seal every border edge with commercial silicone. After running thorough water tests to guarantee zero leaks, we clean up the space cleaner than we found it. You can literally jump in for a hot bath short after we wave goodbye...
Sometimes your older home needs larger supply lines to fill a deep soaking tub in a reasonable amount of time. Standard half-inch pipes work fine, but upgrading to three-quarter-inch lines fills your basin twice as fast. That means less waiting time sitting wrapped in a towel!
Also, checking your home electrical panel ensures your new jet pumps run safely without flipping breakers midway through your bath. We inspect every detail to make sure your system runs at peak efficiency right from day one.
Nobody wants a high-tech safety fixture that sticks out like a sore thumb against beautiful bathroom tile work. That is why we offer stunning acrylic wall surrounds that mimic real marble, slate, or clean white subway tiles. These acrylic walls resist mold growth and wipe clean with a simple damp cloth without hard scrubbing.
Moreover, custom trim packages ensure your new setup blends seamlessly into your existing vanity and flooring styling. You get the safety features you need without sacrificing an ounce of home aesthetic appeal. It is the best of both worlds brought right into your master bath.
People ask us tons of great questions when we stop by for their initial house walkthrough. Here are simple answers to some of the most common things homeowners ask us every week.
Surprisingly, most complete retrofits only take our expert crew one to two full days of work! We work efficiently to minimize any disruption to your home routine.
Standard fifty-gallon water heaters usually work great for medium fixtures. If you pick an extra-deep soaking model, we might recommend adding an fast tankless heater unit during install day.
Yes, absolutely! Non-porous acrylic surfaces naturally resist soap scum build-up and mold spores, so basic mild soap spray keeps everything sparkling clean.
You do not need to wait for a dangerous slip or fall to upgrade your bathroom safety. Taking charge of your mobility now lets you enjoy deep relaxing baths with absolute confidence and independence. Our friendly team is ready to help you pick the perfect design for your exact home layout.
So why keep struggling with high tub walls and scary slippery surfaces another week? Requesting your free local project quote takes just a minute of your time and costs zero dollars. Reach out right now and let us build your personal dream bathing sanctuary!
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 Franklin Park.
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