The Kicking Horse crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Lake 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 as the years slip by.
This is why modern barrier-free bathing solutions have become so incredibly popular for homeowners who want to keep their independence.
Our professional team specializes in transforming tight, risky bathrooms into gorgeous havens of safety and deep-soaking bliss.
Imagine never having to balance on one slippery foot again just to get clean.
Instead, you simply open a leak-proof door, step over a tiny threshold, and sit down on a comfortable, built-in seat.
This clever setup keeps you safe from nasty slips while letting you enjoy a deep, warm soak that covers your chest.
Now, you might worry about the mess and stress of a major bathroom remodel.
Fortunately, our local team handles every single detail from the initial measurements to the final plumbing connection.
We love helping folks find the perfect fit for their homes, and we always start by offering a completely free on-site estimate to look over your layout.
Choosing the right deep-soaking unit involves looking at several unique design options that match your physical needs.
For instance, some models feature outward-swinging doors for easier wheelchair transfers, while others use inward-swinging doors to save precious bathroom floor space.
Which means you get a customized layout tailored specifically to your daily routine and mobility level.
On top of that, these specialized units come packed with high-tech features like heated backrests, hydrotherapy jets, and fast-drain systems.
These rapid drains are crucial because they empty the water in under two minutes, saving you from sitting around shivering while waiting to open the door.
You can see how this simple upgrade instantly turns a chore into a spa-like retreat.
To help you compare the different styles, we put together this quick breakdown of the most common setups we install:
| Unit Type | Key Benefit | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Soaker Model | Deep water submersion | Simple relaxation and pain relief |
| Hydrotherapy Unit | Targeted water massage jets | Soothes sore muscles and arthritis |
| Bariatric Style | Extra-wide seating and door | Maximum space and easy entry |
As you can see, there is a perfect design for every body type and bathroom size.
We take pride in guiding you through these choices without any pushy sales tactics.
We just want you to feel confident and secure in your own home.
Working in a small community means our reputation is everything to us, so we never cut corners on plumbing or sealing.
We live and work right here in the beautiful flathead area of Lake County, where we help our neighbors live more comfortably.
Because we know the local building codes inside and out, your new setup will be fully compliant and built to last for decades.
Speaking of our local area, we love serving the small but vibrant community of Kicking Horse, Montana.
With a cozy population of around 74 residents and a strong median household income of $81,250, folks here truly value quality craftsmanship and long-term investments in their properties.
We treat every home in the local ZIP codes with the utmost respect, cleaning up our workspace so well you won't even know we were there.
This dedication to top-tier service means we do not just swap out your old tub and run away.
Actually, we evaluate your entire bathroom floor joist strength and water heater capacity before we even bring the new unit inside.
This thorough check ensures your home can handle the extra weight and water volume without any future headaches.
Investing in a secure, sealed cabin bath is really about buying peace of mind for yourself and your worried family members.
No more anxiety about slipping on wet tiles or struggling to push yourself up from a low, slick surface.
This upgrade lets you maintain your privacy and dignity in the most personal room of your house.
Additionally, the therapeutic benefits of daily warm water therapy can do wonders for stiff joints and poor circulation.
By soaking in a upright, seated position, you put far less pressure on your hips and knees compared to a traditional layout.
This makes your daily wash feel less like an exhausting workout and more like a soothing treat.
To give you a better idea of what to expect, here is a list of standard features we integrate into our installations:
Each of these features works together to create a seamless, worry-free environment.
You deserve to feel completely safe in your own home, and we are here to make that happen.
Let us do the heavy lifting while you focus on planning your next relaxing soak.
When you contact us for your complimentary quote, we schedule a convenient time to visit your home and look at your current bathroom setup.
We measure your doorways, inspect your existing plumbing lines, and discuss your specific physical needs.
This lets us give you an honest, accurate estimate without any hidden fees or surprise charges down the line.
During this visit, we also check your hot water tank to ensure it holds enough gallons to fill a deeper vessel.
If your current system falls short, we can suggest simple solutions like adding a booster or upgrading your heater.
We believe in giving you the whole picture upfront so you can make the best decision for your budget.
After we agree on the perfect model, our skilled installers get to work, often finishing the job in just a couple of days.
We carefully remove your old porcelain fixture, update the drain locations, slide the new heavy-duty acrylic unit into place, and seal everything tight.
Soon enough, you will be turning on the taps and enjoying the warm, soothing water without a single worry in the world.
Do not wait for an accidental slip or a scary fall to force your hand into making a change.
Taking action now ensures you can stay in the home you love for many years to come.
Our friendly team is ready to answer your questions and design a space that fits your lifestyle perfectly.
We make the entire process incredibly simple and stress-free from start to finish.
By requesting your free estimate, you get access to local professionals who genuinely care about your safety and satisfaction.
Ring the number at the top of this page, and let us help you rediscover the pure joy of a relaxing, worry-free bath.
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 Kicking Horse.
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