The Imperial 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.
Getting in and out of a standard deep bath can feel like climbing a mountain when your knees start to creak. Then you realize that a simple slip on a wet tile floor could change your life in a split second. Because of this danger, we specialize in replacing those high-walled basins with secure, low-step alternatives that keep you independent in your own home.
Fortunately, you do not have to give up the warm, soothing baths you love just to stay safe. Our custom solutions offer a watertight door that lets you step right in without lifting your legs over a dangerous barrier. By choosing this upgrade, you bring peace of mind to your family while keeping your daily routine private and dignified.
Naturally, we understand that remodeling a bathroom is a big decision that requires careful planning and budgeting. That is why we offer an in-home estimate where we look at your current plumbing setup and give you honest, upfront pricing. You get all your questions answered by a local installer who knows how to make your bathroom look beautiful and feel incredibly secure.
Many homeowners worry that installing a specialized bathing unit with a leak-proof door will require weeks of messy construction. On the contrary, our experienced crew can usually complete the entire swap in just a day or two because we focus on precision planning. This efficiency means your daily routine suffers almost no disruption while we transform your space into a secure oasis.
First, we carefully remove your old high-sided tub and inspect the underlying floor joists for any hidden water damage. Since these heavy-duty acrylic units hold a massive amount of water, we must ensure your subfloor is rock-solid and perfectly level. After reinforcing the base, we slide the new unit into place and connect it to your existing drain lines.
Next, we hook up the specialized faucet fixtures and test the heavy-duty door seals under real water pressure to guarantee a lifetime of leak-free performance. Indeed, we use premium silicone and advanced sealing techniques that prevent any water from escaping onto your bathroom floor. Consequently, you get a beautiful, watertight finish that keeps your bathroom dry and mold-free for decades.
| Feature | Daily Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Low entry threshold | No more painful leg lifting or balance struggles |
| Contoured built-in seating | Sit comfortably at chair height while bathing |
| Quick-drain technology | You do not have to sit shivering waiting for water to empty |
| Heated backrest surfaces | Keeps your upper body warm as the tub fills up |
Living in our quiet corner of western Pennsylvania means we look out for our neighbors and value hard, honest work. Since we serve the local community of 2,620 residents in the 15126 ZIP code area, we treat every home with the utmost respect. We know that the median household income here sits around $66,016, so we focus on delivering real, lasting value without any pushy sales tactics.
Because we are local, we are deeply familiar with the traditional home styles built across Allegheny County and the specific plumbing challenges they present. For instance, older homes often have outdated galvanized pipes or narrow doorways that require creative problem-solving during a renovation. Thanks to our hands-on experience, we easily navigate these hurdles to deliver a flawless, modern bathroom upgrade.
To make things even better, we back our craftsmanship with robust warranties that ensure your investment remains protected for years to come. Whenever you call us, you speak to a friendly local team member rather than a distant corporate call center. This personalized touch ensures you receive prompt, reliable service long after your new safety bath is fully installed.
Every body is different, which is why these modern safety enclosures come with a wide variety of customizable options to suit your physical needs. For example, you can choose soothing hydrotherapy jets that target sore lower back muscles and arthritic joints. This therapeutic addition turns your daily wash into a relaxing, spa-like experience that relieves chronic pain.
Additionally, we install strategic grab bars and slip-resistant flooring to give you multiple points of contact as you move around. These simple additions prevent slips even when the surfaces are covered in soapy water. By placing these supports exactly where your hands naturally fall, we eliminate the fear of losing your balance.
On top of that, we offer extra-wide doors and outward-swinging models that accommodate wheelchairs or walkers with ease. This thoughtful engineering allows for seamless transfers from a seated position directly onto the comfortable, molded bench. As a result, you maintain your personal autonomy and can bathe without requiring constant assistance from a caregiver.
When you request a free quote from our team, we do not just send a salesman with a glossy brochure to pressure you into a quick purchase. Instead, a skilled technician visits your home to measure your current layout and discuss your specific mobility goals. This collaborative approach ensures we design a custom bathing space that fits your physical needs and your budget perfectly.
During this visit, we inspect your hot water heater to make sure it has the capacity to fill your new deep-soaking system. If your current water heater is a bit small, we will explain your options honestly without trying to upsell you on unnecessary gear. We believe in complete transparency, so the price we quote is the exact price you pay when the job is done.
To take the first step toward a safer, more relaxing home life, all you have to do is reach out and request your free estimate. Our team will handle all the heavy lifting, plumbing adjustments, and cleanup so you can sit back and look forward to your new bathroom. Let us help you convert your bathroom into a secure sanctuary where you can relax in warmth and total peace of mind.
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 Imperial.
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