The Livingston Wheeler crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Eddy 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 bath can feel like climbing a mountain as you get older or deal with stiff joints.
Thankfully, a specialized low-threshold bathing unit with a leak-proof door offers a simple way to regain your independence at home.
Our local team of experienced installers visits your home to measure your space and provide a detailed free quote without any pressure.
Stepping over a high tub wall poses a serious slip hazard every single day.
By choosing a modern accessible bathing enclosure with an integrated seating bench, you can finally relax and wash yourself without fear.
This smart home upgrade keeps you safe while adding a touch of luxury to your daily routine.
Imagine enjoying a deep, warm soak without ever worrying about how you will stand back up.
Because our high-walled accessible tubs feature built-in grab bars and contoured built-in seats, you can sit down comfortably at chair height.
This simple change transforms a stressful chore into a peaceful, spa-like escape that protects your physical well-being.
Many homeowners worry that their current bathroom layout is too small for such a specialized unit.
However, our custom-fit designs slide right into the exact footprint of your existing standard alcove tub.
This means you get all the safety upgrades you need without undergoing a massive, messy home remodeling project.
Furthermore, these advanced deep-soaking units come with rapid drainage systems that empty the water in under eighty seconds.
Which means you will not have to sit there shivering while waiting for the water level to drop before opening the door.
It is a fast, efficient process designed to keep you warm and cozy from start to finish.
Investing in your home safety is always a big decision that requires careful financial planning.
To help you understand the numbers, we put together a quick breakdown of what to expect during this bathroom transition.
| Project Phase | Key Benefit for You | What is Included |
|---|---|---|
| On-Site Consultation | Zero financial risk | Accurate measurements and a written free estimate |
| Old Tub Removal | No heavy lifting for you | Safe disposal of your old, dangerous cast-iron or acrylic fixture |
| Plumbing and Fitting | Long-term leak prevention | Professional connection to your hot water heater and drains |
| Final Safety Inspection | Complete peace of mind | Testing the watertight door seal and grab bar stability |
While the upfront cost of these specialized sealed-door tubs is higher than a cheap plastic shower basin, the value they add to your life is immeasurable.
Indeed, staying in your beloved home instead of moving to an assisted living facility saves you thousands of dollars every single month.
You are not just buying a new bathroom fixture; you are buying the right to live on your own terms.
Our dedicated crew takes great pride in serving the hardworking families of Eddy County.
We understand the local housing styles in this beautiful part of New Mexico, where the median household income sits comfortably around $83,500.
Whether you live in a classic ranch home or a modern build, we know exactly how to handle the regional plumbing quirks.
Since we operate right here in the local area, we can easily drive out to your property to take precise measurements.
Our friendly technicians respect your living space, clean up every speck of dust, and complete most projects in just one or two days.
You do not have to worry about a rotating door of random subcontractors because we handle the entire job ourselves.
With a small, close-knit local population of about 851 residents, word of mouth means everything to our family business.
That is why we never cut corners on waterproofing, pipe fitting, or structural wall reinforcement.
We treat every single client like our own grandparents, ensuring the highest level of craftsmanship and care.
High-quality hydrotherapy jets can work wonders on tired muscles and aching backs after a long day of work.
These air and water massaging systems gently soothe your limbs while you sit back and relax.
This incredible therapeutic benefit helps you sleep better at night and move with greater freedom during the day.
On top of that, the slip-resistant textured flooring prevents dangerous falls when you step into the basin.
Even when soapy water covers the bottom of the tub, your feet stay firmly planted.
This simple design detail provides immense reassurance for seniors and anyone with balance challenges.
Another fantastic feature is the easy-to-reach handheld shower wand that lets you wash your hair with ease.
You can control the water pressure and direction without having to bend over or twist your body awkwardly.
This flexible tool makes bathing a breeze, giving you full control over your personal hygiene routine.
We know that inviting contractors into your home can feel overwhelming, especially if you have had bad experiences in the past.
That is why we keep our process transparent, simple, and completely focused on your unique physical needs.
From the moment you request your free quote, we treat you with the kindness and respect you deserve.
First, we sit down with you to discuss how you use your bathroom and what specific safety features will help you most.
Then, we inspect your current plumbing lines to ensure your hot water tank can handle the new, deeper basin.
This thorough check prevents any unpleasant surprises on the day of the actual setup.
Once you approve the plan, our team works quickly to minimize any disruption to your daily life.
We protect your carpets with heavy-duty drop cloths and cart away your old tub without leaving a mess behind.
Soon, you will be sitting back in a warm, relaxing bath, enjoying the ultimate sense of security and snug comfort.
There is absolutely no reason to keep risking your safety in a slick, outdated bathroom that does not meet your needs anymore.
Taking this proactive step today protects your independence and gives your worried family members true peace of mind.
Let us show you how affordable and straightforward this life-changing home improvement can be.
Contact our local team today to schedule your friendly, no-obligation home assessment.
We will answer all your technical questions, look at your bathroom layout, and leave you with an honest, written estimate.
Take back your bathroom and start enjoying a safer, more relaxing bathing experience this week!
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 Livingston Wheeler.
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