The Mount Vernon crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Jefferson 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.
Are you looking to upgrade your bathroom with a safer and way more relaxing bathing setup? Soaking tubs with side doors give you complete peace of mind while making everyday bathing super easy and cozy. Get your free estimate right now and see how affordable this quick home upgrade can actually be!
Every single day, standard high step-in shower walls cause unnecessary slips and nasty tumbles for tons of people. Honestly, climbing over a slippery two-foot porcelain ledge just to wash up feels like an Olympic hurdle event nobody asked for. By switching to a low-threshold step-in basin, you instantly eliminate that tall obstacle and get to relax without any constant worry hanging over your head.
For example, sitting down on a comfortable raised internal seat keeps your full body stable while warm water fills up around your waist. Beyond that, built-in grab bars give your muscles reliable support whenever you stand up or sit down. This amazing upgrade keeps your complete personal privacy intact, which truly restores your confidence every single morning.
In addition to safety, these deep soaking units offer amazing muscle relief after a long exhausting day of work or chores. Actually, warm aquatic jets can work wonders on stiff lower back joints and sore knees. You deserve a spa-like soak whenever you want it, right in your own master bathroom!
First of all, let us talk about how easy these special units are to get into without losing your balance. Regular old bathtubs force you to balance on one foot on wet tile, which is honestly a big recipe for a trip to the ER. On the flip side, opening a wide leak-proof side entry door lets you just slide right inside effortlessly.
Additionally, modern heated seat options make sure you never catch a sudden chill while the basin is slowly filling up. Believe me, nobody likes sitting on ice-cold acrylic while waiting for hot tap water to cover their legs. That simple heated feature transforms your entire bath time from a quick routine chore into total soothing luxury.
Furthermore, fast dual-drain systems blow standard slow tub drains completely out of the water. Earlier models used to make folks sit around shivering for ten minutes just waiting for the water level to drop down. Nowadays, heavy-duty suction pumps clear out full tubs in under two minutes, letting you wrap up in your towel super fast.
| Safety & Upgrades | Daily Life Benefits |
|---|---|
| Watertight Entry Door | Eliminates high step-overs and prevents dangerous water leaks onto tile floors. |
| Contoured Raised Bench | Provides steady posture so sitting down and getting back up is totally painless. |
| Hydrotherapy Water Jets | Massages sore joints and improves bad leg circulation after long active days. |
| Quick Water Release Valves | Drains the entire basin rapidly so you never sit around feeling cold and waiting. |
Next up, soft microbubble therapy systems gently clean deep into your skin pores without any harsh scrubbing soaps. On top of that, these tiny bubbles release rich oxygen into the warm water, keeping your skin super soft and extra smooth. It feels just like hanging out at a high-end resort spa without ever leaving your home base!
Naturally, anti-slip textured floor bottoms prevent dangerous foot slides when you move around inside the basin. Plus, quick-reach wall controls keep every air jet dial and faucet lever right at your fingertips without any awkward twisting. You just sit back comfortably, press a simple button, and enjoy the magical warm soak.
Living right here in the heart of king city territory means dealing with freezing southern Illinois winters that make joints ache like crazy. Actually, warm hydrotherapy is pretty much a local survival tool when cold snaps hit our historic neighborhoods near downtown and the park districts. With a median household income hovering around $38,659 across local ZIP codes like 62864, local folks want reliable home updates that do not break the bank balance.
Because of our area's unique homes, custom fitting a new accessible tall basin into existing standard framing requires an experienced hand. Homes built near local hubs often have older plumbing setups that need expert attention to ensure fast drainage and proper water line pressure. Having local technicians measure your space ensures your brand-new unit fits perfectly where your old tub used to sit.
Fortunately, our hardworking local crew knows exactly how to handle retrofits without tearing up your entire bathroom floor or walls. Furthermore, supporting locally based trade pros means you get lightning-fast turnaround times and friendly service from folks who live right down the highway. We treat your house with the exact same respect we show our own family homes!
To begin with, we come directly to your house to take precise laser measurements of your current bathroom layout. During this brief visit, we check out your water heater capacity, drain line sizing, and doorway clearance to avoid any surprises down the road. This thorough inspection allows us to give you a totally accurate and clear estimate with zero hidden fees.
After you choose your custom jet choices and faucet finishes, we schedule a quick turn-around installation date that works for your personal schedule. Surprisingly, our skilled crew usually finishes the full teardown, new plumbing line hooks, and tub placement in just one or two days maximum. We work super clean, using protective canvas runners to shield your hallway floors from mud and construction dust.
Finally, we fill up the unit, run every test jet cycle, and verify that every seal is totally watertight before declaring the job finished. Afterwards, we walk you through every simple dial control step-by-step so you feel totally confident using your new bath sanctuary right away. Then, our crew hauls off your ugly old torn-out fixtures so you are left with a spotlessly clean space!
Granted, older home water pipes can sometimes present a few minor flow challenges during a luxury bath update. However, our trade pros easily run wide copper lines and heavy-duty valves to handle rapid filling without messing up your main house water pressure. This quick technical fix lets you fill up deep basin volumes without waiting forever!
Similarly, electrical connections for air jet pumps need proper grounded outlets to keep everything totally safe around water. Consequently, our licensed installation team runs dedicated lines that meet all local building safety codes without taking any sketchy shortcuts. You get maximum hydrotherapy power while enjoying total safety every time you soak.
Understandably, many homeowners worry that high-end barrier-free soaking systems might cost way too much money up front. Surprisingly, staying in your beloved home long-term instead of moving into an expensive assisted living facility saves tens of thousands of dollars over time. Investing in your own personal sanctuary pays back massive dividends in safety, total freedom, and daily ease.
Moreover, custom safety features actually raise the overall resale attractiveness of your residential property in local housing markets. Potential buyers love seeing upgraded bathrooms featuring low-maintenance acrylic walls, luxury jet systems, and accessible entry doors. It is a genuine win-win scenario that protects both your physical health and your hard-earned financial equity.
Luckily, requesting a detailed written estimate costs you absolutely zero dollars and carries zero pressure or obligation to buy anything right away. We break down all material options, custom jet packages, and labor costs clearly so you can make the absolute best choice for your personal budget. Getting honest answers to all your questions is as simple as making one quick phone call!
Clearly, there is no good reason to keep stressing over slippery shower basins or high tub edges that make bath time dangerous. Upgrading to a custom sealed door tall tub gives you the exact freedom, peace of mind, and rich relaxation you truly deserve every day. Take control of your daily routine right now and stop worrying about household fall accidents for good!
Indeed, our experienced local crew is ready to turn your standard bathroom into a safe, therapeutic retreat fast. Reach out to us today to lock in your home quote and take a look at all our custom luxury models. Give the crew a call and get ready to enjoy total bathing 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 Mount Vernon.
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