The Hickman crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Fulton 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.
Looking to make your bathroom much safer today? You can grab a totally free estimate right now for transforming your old deep shower box into a safe soaking haven.
Actually, stepping over a high porcelain wall every single day gets pretty scary as time rolls on. Plain old standard basins cause tons of sneaky slips for folks around our neighborhood every month. Naturally, switching to a swinging side-door system changes everything by removing that huge hurdle completely.
Furthermore, this smart upgrade brings real peace of mind back to your daily morning routine fast. So you get to keep your total independence without worrying about losing your balance on slippery tiles. Plus, the deep soaking seat lets you relax your weary muscles in warmth.
Besides, these modern tall basins come packed with amazing high-tech features nowadays. Quick draining valves clear out hundreds of gallons of warm water in just a couple minutes. On top of that, built-in hydrotherapy jets rub away lower back pain while you sit back comfortably.
To start with, let us look closely at how these low-threshold units actually function inside your house. A tightly sealed heavy-duty door swings open to let you walk straight onto a non-slip floor. Therefore, your feet stay totally flat and secure during the whole process of getting in.
Meanwhile, giant grab bars are firmly bolted right into the wall studs for maximum stability. These thick steel handles give your hands something solid to grip while moving around inside. As a result, slipping down becomes nearly impossible even when soap suds cover the fiberglass floor.
In addition, warm water surrounds your whole chest area while you sit upright on an elevated bench seat. The custom built seat sits pretty high up so sitting down feels just like using a comfortable chair. Consequently, your weak knees do not have to strain hard when it comes time to stand up.
Honestly, figuring out a home improvement budget feels a bit tricky until you see actual local numbers. Out here in our small river town of roughly 2,318 folks, overall house upgrade costs stay pretty fair. Since the median household income sits near $27,772 around the 42050 area code, saving money matters big time to everyone.
Likewise, choosing local trade workers keeps your final bill way lower than hiring big fancy city crews. Local installers know exact local plumbing codes like the back of their hand. Thus, you avoid extra fees or surprise inspector delays during your renovation project.
| Project Step | Basic Model Setup | Deluxe Jet Model Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Old Basin Removal | Included in base labor | Included in base labor |
| Plumbing Pipe Upgrades | Standard twin drain setup | High flow fast drain kit |
| Electrical Work | None required | Dedicated 110V circuit install |
| Final Seals and Testing | Complete watertight seal | Complete watertight seal |
Clearly, getting a full custom price breakdown directly from a friendly local expert prevents expensive surprises later. Every single bathroom floor presents unique pipe alignment challenges and spatial quirks. Which means a fast in-person look gives you an exact cost down to the penny.
Surprisingly, picking out the best safety basin model takes a little bit of careful planning ahead of time. First off, you need to decide if you prefer an inward swinging door or an outward opening door. Inward doors seal exceptionally tight under water pressure, but outward doors offer way easier entry for walker users.
Along with door styles, heated backrests keep your upper body warm while the basin fills up with hot water. Nothing feels worse than sitting on freezing cold acrylic while waiting ten minutes for hot water to rise. Hence, heating elements inside the wall panel keep you feeling totally cozy from the start.
Furthermore, microbubble water jets scrub your skin clean without needing harsh scrubbing sponges. These tiny air bubbles penetrate deep into skin pores to remove dirt and dead cells naturally. Because of this cool tech, your sensitive skin stays smooth and happy after every single bath session.
Now, let us walk through how our local crew handles the actual work inside your residential bathroom. First off, workers lay down thick protective carpets over your hallway floors to keep mud completely out. Then, they carefully disconnect your old porcelain tub and haul the heavy metal brute away to the dump.
Next, plumbers inspect the subfloor boards underneath to check for hidden wood rot or mold damage. If damp wood exists under the old drain, carpenters swap out those weak boards immediately for rock-solid plywood. After that foundation work, new heavy drain pipes are laid down to handle high water volume fast.
Finally, your sleek new side-entry soaking unit is carefully slid into the open alcove space. The install crew levels the frame perfectly using adjustable steel feet so water drains completely without leaving puddles. Lastly, flexible mildew-resistant silicone seals every single edge tightly against your colorful wall tiles.
To power those soothing water jets and inline heaters, new heavy wires must run to your main breaker box. A licensed trade guy hooks up special shock-proof breakers that instantly snap off if moisture ever touches live wires. Which means you can soak safely without worrying about dangerous electrical shorts happening underwater.
Besides electrical safety, proper breaker sizing ensures your home lights never flicker while jets operate on full power. The dedicated lines feed smooth electricity directly to heat pumps tucked neatly beneath the molded shell seat. Therefore, water temperatures stay piping hot as long as you feel like soaking your body.
Normally, standard old bath pipes measure about one and a half inches wide across the inside opening. However, modern fast-draining soaking units require wide two-inch copper or plastic drain pipes to empty properly. So, modifying those hidden pipes underneath your floor joists is a vital step for fast drainage performance.
Thankfully, larger pipes mean you will not freeze while waiting for warm water to clear out after bathing. Dual drain valves let up to eighty gallons of dirty water shoot down main sewer lines inside two minutes. Consequently, you can unlatch the side door fast and step out warm without shivering in cold air.
Sadly, many folks try doing this complex tub replacement work themselves to save a few dollars upfront. But placing a three-hundred-pound fiberglass unit through narrow residential doorways takes serious muscle and specialized lifting straps. One tiny drop can crack expensive acrylic shells beyond repair in less than a second.
Even worse, poor caulking along wall seams lets hidden water leak right behind your fresh drywall boards. Over time, that trapped moisture rots wall studs out and causes thousands of dollars in hidden structural floor damage. Which is why leaving installation work to seasoned local pros saves big money long term.
On top of potential rot, messing around with high-voltage lines inside damp bathrooms poses real danger to untrained hands. Expert mechanics know exact distances required between water lines and electric heater pumps under the shell. Thus, hiring trade experts ensures your home stays totally compliant with strict structural codes.
Honestly, moving out of your long-term family house just because the old bathroom feels unsafe sucks big time. Installing a walk-through low-step soaking shell lets seniors remain living safely right in their beloved long-time homes. You get to keep your privacy and personal dignity intact without needing a nurse to assist you.
Moreover, adult children gain total peace of mind knowing their elderly parents are safe from nasty bathroom falls. Family members worry constantly about dangerous slip accidents on wet tile floors when leaves start falling outside. So this easy bathroom upgrade relieves massive mental stress for everyone in your family circle.
In addition, keeping your original house intact saves huge fortunes compared to expensive assisted living facility bills. Investing a small amount into accessible plumbing fixtures pays massive financial dividends down the road. Furthermore, updated luxury features actually bump up total real estate market value if you ever sell.
Right now, getting an exact price estimate does not cost you a single penny or carry any weird obligations. A friendly local pro comes directly out to measure your bathroom layout and check existing pipe locations carefully. Then, they hand you a clear, easy-to-understand price breakdown covering every single nut, bolt, and labor hour.
Simply share your basic project details over the phone to get the ball rolling immediately. Local trade teams respect your busy time and always show up on schedule with clear answers to your questions. So go ahead and take the first step toward securing a safer, super relaxed bath routine today!
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 Hickman.
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