The Hillman crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Morrison 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 if your mobility is not what it used to be. For many folks, a simple daily wash turns into a stressful chore because of those high tub walls. By choosing a modern barrier-free bath remodel, you can reclaim your independence and enjoy your daily soak without fear of slipping.
This home upgrade changes lives by combining a low threshold entry with a leak-proof door. Because of this clever design, you do not have to lift your legs high just to get clean. Instead, you simply step in, close the secure door, and let the warm water wrap around you while sitting on a built-in seat.
If you live in the local area, getting a professional assessment of your space is completely free of charge. Our friendly team visits your home to measure your layout and give you an honest price estimate. We want to help you make your home safer, so let us look at how this upgrade benefits your daily routine.
Safety is the most obvious reason to change your current setup, but the advantages go way beyond just avoiding accidents. These specialized tubs feature deep basins that allow for full-body soaking while you remain upright. This means you get the therapeutic benefits of a deep soak without the struggle of trying to stand back up from the floor of a standard basin.
To help you see the difference, we compared the standard options below.
| Feature | Standard Apron Tub | Step-In Accessible Tub |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Height | 14 to 18 inches | Under 4 inches |
| Seating | None (floor level) | Contoured built-in bench |
| Safety Features | None built-in | Grab bars and non-slip floors |
By looking at this comparison, you can see how much stress the accessible design removes from your life. On top of that, many models feature therapeutic water jets that can soothe aching joints and muscles. This brings a spa-like experience directly into your own home, which is a wonderful bonus after a long day.
Naturally, the installation process requires skilled hands to ensure a completely watertight seal. Because we specialize in these specific retrofits, we handle everything from removing your old fixture to upgrading the plumbing lines. This means you do not have to worry about leaks, water damage, or poor water pressure after the job is done.
First, we need to look at your existing space to plan the perfect fit for your new setup. Since these specialized units are designed to fit into the footprint of a standard five-foot tub, we rarely need to tear down major walls. This keeps your remodeling costs down and minimizes the mess in your home.
During our initial visit, we check your water heater capacity to ensure you have enough hot water to fill the larger basin. Sometimes, we recommend upgrading to a fast-fill faucet or a larger tank so you do not freeze while waiting for the tub to fill up. This attention to detail ensures you get the best possible experience from day one.
Next, our team addresses the behind-the-scenes mechanics that make your new tub function flawlessly. Since these units drain a large volume of water, we often install a high-capacity drain system to empty the tub quickly. This matters because you must wait for the water to drain completely before you can open the door and step out.
If you choose a model with heated surfaces or hydrotherapy jets, we also run dedicated electrical lines to power those features safely. We strictly follow all local building codes to ensure your new system is safe, reliable, and fully compliant. Your peace of mind is our top priority throughout this entire technical phase.
Living in a small, tight-knit community in the Gopher State means that reputation is everything to us. With a local population of around 40 residents in this quiet corner of Morrison County, we treat every customer like our neighbor. You can trust us to be honest, tidy, and respectful of your property from the moment we walk through your door.
Given that the median household income here is $56,875, we understand the importance of budgeting and getting real value for your hard-earned money. We do not believe in high-pressure sales tactics or hidden fees that pop up at the end of the project. Instead, we provide clear, upfront pricing so you can make an informed decision for your household.
Whether you live near the heart of town or in the surrounding rural countryside of ZIP code 56338, we bring our mobile showroom to you. This allows you to look at material samples and choose the colors that match your existing bathroom decor. We make the entire process convenient and stress-free for you and your family.
When you contact us for your free estimate, we schedule a convenient time to visit your home and discuss your needs. We listen to your concerns, examine your physical space, and explain the different options available to you. This helps us customize a solution that fits your physical needs as well as your budget.
After we take precise measurements, we present you with a detailed, written estimate that breaks down all the costs. You can take your time to review it, talk it over with your family, and decide when you want to proceed. We believe in letting our quality work and honest pricing speak for itself.
Once you give us the green light, we work efficiently to complete the project with minimal disruption to your daily life. Most of our installations take just a couple of days, meaning you can enjoy your new, safer bathing routine very quickly. Do not let mobility issues keep you from enjoying a relaxing bath when a safer solution is just a phone call away.
Investing in your safety today prevents painful falls tomorrow while keeping you independent in the home you love. Our team is ready to help you transform your bathroom into a sanctuary of peace, safety, and physical relief. We handle all the heavy lifting, plumbing, and finishing touches so you can just sit back and relax.
To find out how simple and affordable this upgrade can be, reach out to us today to request your free, no-obligation estimate. We will drive out to your home, answer all your questions, and help you choose the perfect system for your lifestyle. Take control of your home safety now by scheduling your visit with our local team!
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 Hillman.
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