The Kenwood crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Montgomery 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.
Stepping over a high barrier just to take a simple bath can feel like climbing a mountain when your joints start aching. Fortunately, a modern leak-free low-threshold bathtub offers a much safer way to keep your independence at home. By swapping your old, hazardous basin for one of these specialized units, you immediately eliminate the scary slip hazards that make daily hygiene feel like a chore.
Our dedicated local team specializes in transforming standard bathrooms into accessible havens where you can relax without fear. We arrive directly at your property to assess your layout, take precise measurements, and provide a detailed estimate tailored to your exact space. You deserve to feel secure in your own home, and a quick upgrade to a secure, accessible model is the perfect way to make that happen.
Choosing to retrofit your washing area is not just about home improvement, but rather about protecting your future. This smart investment lets you stay in the home you love for many years to come. Let us take a closer look at how these innovative fixtures can change your life.
These specialized basins feature an airtight, heavy-duty door on the side that allows you to walk right inside instead of stepping over a dangerous ledge. Inside, you will find a comfortable, built-in contoured bench that keeps you upright and secure while you wash. This clever layout means you do not have to lower yourself all the way down to the cold floor, which is a major relief for sore knees and bad backs.
To help you compare the different styles available, we have created a handy reference table below:
| Feature | Standard Unit | Hydrotherapy Upgrade | Deep Soak Option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Step-In Height | Very low (under 4 inches) | Very low (under 4 inches) | Ultra-low threshold |
| Seat Type | Contoured molded plastic | Ergonomic heated seat | Extra-wide padded bench |
| Primary Benefit | Basic fall prevention | Muscle pain relief | Maximum water depth |
Besides the physical door, these units also boast incredibly fast draining systems so you do not have to sit there shivering while the water empties. High-capacity drain valves pull the water out in under eighty seconds, which means you can open the door and step out onto your dry bath mat almost instantly. On top of that, the heavy-duty aluminum or steel frames ensure the entire structure remains completely stable and wobble-free.
Adding one of these modern units to your home instantly boosts your daily comfort and confidence. No more asking family members for help or feeling anxious every time you need to wash up. It is all about reclaiming your privacy and enjoying a soothing, warm soak whenever you want.
Our skilled crew handles everything from the initial teardown to the final plumbing connections with absolute precision. First, we carefully extract your old, outdated porcelain tub without damaging your existing drywall or surround tiling. This step requires a lot of muscle and patience, but our crew has the process down to a science. After that, we inspect the subfloor underneath to make sure there is no hidden water damage or mold that needs fixing.
Next, we run new, heavy-duty copper lines to accommodate the high-flow faucets that these larger vessels require. This ensures your new basin fills up quickly, so you do not have to wait around in the cold for your bath to start. Once the plumbing is updated, we slide the new heavy-duty fiberglass unit into place and level it perfectly using adjustable leveling legs. Finally, we seal every single seam with high-grade, mold-resistant silicone to guarantee a lifetime of leak-free performance.
This entire process usually takes just a couple of days, meaning your daily routine faces very little disruption. We clean up every speck of dust before we leave, so your brand-new bathroom is ready to use immediately. You get a gorgeous, functional space without any of the typical remodeling headaches.
Living and working in Montgomery County gives us a deep understanding of the local housing styles and regional building codes. Whether you live in a classic mid-century home or a newer build, we know exactly how to navigate the plumbing quirks of this beautiful region. Our team serves the entire area, including the local ZIP codes surrounding the vibrant community of Kenwood, Tennessee, where the median household income sits at a comfortable level for home upgrades.
With a local population of 132,929 residents, we have built a solid reputation for honesty, fair pricing, and stellar craftsmanship. We treat every home we enter like it belongs to our own grandparents, ensuring we never cut corners or use cheap, flimsy materials. By choosing a local contractor, you get personalized service and a reliable point of contact who is always just a quick drive away.
We pride ourselves on offering clear, upfront communication without any high-pressure sales tactics. When we come out to give you a project estimate, we lay out all your options clearly so you can make the best choice for your budget. Our goal is to make your home safer, one beautiful bathroom at a time.
Every homeowner has unique physical needs, which is why we offer a wide variety of customizable add-ons. For instance, we can install strategically placed, slip-resistant stainless steel grab bars along the walls to give you extra leverage when standing up. These bars are anchored directly into the wall studs, meaning they can easily support full adult weight without Budging. We also offer thermostatic mixing valves that prevent sudden temperature spikes, keeping you safe from accidental scalds.
If you suffer from arthritis or chronic muscle pain, you might want to consider adding soothing air or water jets. These massage nodes target your lower back, calves, and feet, gently kneading away tension and improving your circulation. On top of that, built-in chromotherapy lights can turn your bathroom into a serene, spa-like oasis that melts away the stress of the day.
We can even install convenient hand-held showerheads with extra-long hoses so you can wash your hair while seated. This level of customization ensures your new setup fits your daily routine like a glove. You get to design a space that feels incredibly luxurious while serving a highly practical purpose.
Taking the first step toward a safer home is much easier than you might think. All you have to do is reach out to our friendly office, and we will schedule a convenient time to visit your property. During this visit, we will look at your current bathroom layout, discuss your mobility goals, and help you choose the perfect model. We will then hand you a complete, written cost estimate with absolutely no obligations attached.
Delaying this upgrade only increases the risk of a dangerous slip or fall on those slick, high-walled traditional tubs. By acting now, you take control of your safety and give your worried family members true peace of mind. We are ready to help you transform your bathroom into a secure, relaxing retreat that you will love using every single day.
Do not wait for an accident to force your hand when a simple home modification can prevent it entirely. Get in touch with us today to request your on-site quote and discover how simple this transition can be. We look forward to working with you and making your home a much safer place to live.
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 Kenwood.
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