The Novelty crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Knox 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.
Fixing up your washroom can completely change how you start your morning routine. Look, getting into a super deep basin gets downright sketchy as the years pile on us. You can grab a totally free estimate right now to make your washroom way safer.
Actually, tripping over a tall porcelain barrier is a massive hazard for folks wanting to stay independent at home. Sliding into a deep soaked basin should feel like absolute luxury, not like an extreme Olympic sport. Honestly, modern leak-proof door entry basins fix that scary problem overnight without making your house look like a sterile hospital ward.
Besides, these giant soaking setups offer incredible soaking options that soothe sore joints after a long hard day. Think about soft bubble jets massaging your lower back while you relax without worrying about how you will stand back up. In fact, adding built-in seating keeps you sitting upright comfortably while warm water covers your shoulders.
Naturally, old plumbing fixtures start leaking around the seams after a few decades of continuous household use anyway. So upgrading gives you fresh modern pipes along with a seal tight entry door that keeps every drop off your shiny subfloor. Plus, you get tons of peace of mind knowing you will not splash water all over the place.
For starters, a super low step-in threshold lets you walk straight inside without lifting your knees up high. Surprisingly, most classic basins force you to balance on one foot over a slippery ledge that sits nearly twenty inches off the ground. By comparison, these special swinging door setups drop that barrier down to just a few tiny inches.
Furthermore, strong internal grab bars offer rock solid stability when you move around inside the enclosed wet space. Instead of grabbing onto flimsy towel racks that rip right out of drywall, you hold onto thick steel supports anchored directly into studs. Consequently, sitting down and standing back up feels completely stable every single time.
Additionally, specialized slip-resistant textured floors prevent dangerous sliding while your feet are completely covered in slick soap. Beyond that, quick drain systems pull hundreds of gallons out in less than two minutes so you do not freeze waiting to open the side hatch door. Ultimately, every small mechanical piece works together to create a smooth relaxing bath experience.
To begin with, you must pick between inward opening doors or outward swinging designs depending on your room layout. Inward doors seal exceptionally tight due to water pressure pushing against the heavy rubber gaskets installed along the frame edge. However, outward swinging doors give extra room inside if maneuverability inside the basin is your absolute top priority.
Meanwhile, left hand or right hand plumbing configurations must match up with your existing drain line locations beneath the floorboards. Otherwise, retrofitting the main waste pipe takes a bit more floor demolition than a standard quick swap job. Fortunately, proper planning keeps the total installation time down to just a couple of easy days.
Without a doubt, picking out exact custom features drives the final price up or down quite a bit. To help visualize how options change your budget, check out this simple breakdown below.
| Setup Level | Main Features Included | Typical Ideal Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Safe Setup | Low threshold door, single grab bar, standard fast drain | Simple access and reliable non-slip safety |
| Mid-Range Hydro therapy | Water massage jets, heated backrest, dual drain system | Targeted relief for sore muscles and joints |
| Luxury Spa Package | Aroma therapy, micro bubbles, chrome fixtures, heated seat | Ultimate home relaxation with maximum ease |
Clearly, living in a quiet place with 175 people like our local town means customized home services require straight shooting clear pricing without sneaky hidden fees. Truthfully, local home values and median household income sitting around $40,313 mean folks want solid durable gear that lasts for decades rather than cheap plastic stuff. Thus, getting a free local quote lets you figure out exact numbers for your specific property around the 63460 ZIP code zone before spending a single hard earned dime.
Indeed, doing a total overhaul might seem spendy at first glance when reading online brochures or watching infomercials. On the other hand, avoiding one single bad fall saves thousands in surprise medical bills down the line. Therefore, spending money on solid safety gear is just plain smart long term home planning.
First off, a local installer visits your place to measure your existing washroom space down to the fraction of an inch. After that, they check your hot water heater capacity to guarantee you have enough tank volume to fill a massive soaking basin properly. Because nothing ruins a relaxing bath faster than running completely out of hot water halfway through filling up!
Next, workers carefully haul out your dusty old heavy tub without gouging your door frames or messing up your painted hallway walls. To be fair, removing old iron or cast tubs is messy heavy work that involves plenty of muscle and specialized tools. Afterwards, they inspect the subfloor underneath to fix any hidden rotting wood or ancient structural damage.
Then, the installation crew secures the new unit, hooked up directly to your existing plumbing stacks and electrical circuits for the air pumps. Finally, high grade waterproof sealant gets applied around every exposed wall panel to stop moisture from getting trapped behind your fresh walls. Shortly after, you get to fill it up and test out all those wonderful soothing water bubbles yourself!
Sometimes, adding high powered air jets means pulling a dedicated electrical line straight from your main circuit breaker box. Especially if you opt for built-in water heaters that keep the soaking temperature warm for hours on end without topping off the water. Luckily, professional installers handle those complex electrical runs safety without messing around.
Simultaneously, upgrading to wider two-inch drain pipes speeds up water removal dramatically so you do not sit around shivering while waiting to exit. Remember, you cannot open that side door until every last drop drains out past the rubber seal! Hence, fast flow plumbing hardware is an absolute must-have feature for modern units.
Surprisingly, keeping these high tech glass fiber or acrylic basins shiny clean takes very little actual effort on your part. You just wipe down the smooth non-porous surface with standard non-abrasive bathroom cleaners using a soft microfiber towel after each use. Avoid harsh scouring powders though, as coarse granules can dull the beautiful shiny gel coat finish over time.
Likewise, running the automated purging cycle every few weeks keeps internal air lines completely free from stagnant water buildup. Basically, the blowing fan kicks on automatically after you drain the unit to dry out hidden internal tubes. Consequently, your warm water jets stay completely fresh and free from gross mildew smells forever.
Also, checking the rubber door seal for stray lint or hair keeps the watertight seal operating perfectly year after year. If you keep that silicone door gasket clean, it will never let a drop leak onto your bathroom subfloor. Plainly put, minimal basic upkeep keeps your investment operating like brand new for decades to come.
Naturally, being able to bathe safely on your own schedule restores a tremendous sense of personal freedom every single day. No longer will you need to wait around for family members or visiting nurses just to take a quick rinse. Honestly, that daily independence boosts your overall mood and confidence immensely.
What is more, warm hydro therapy relaxes tight spinal muscles and increases blood circulation to tired legs and feet. For anyone dealing with stiff knees or back aches, sitting in a warm jet-powered bath works true miracles for daily mobility. As a result, you sleep way better at night after a deep calming evening bath.
On top of that, updated modern washroom fixtures instantly raise the overall resale value and market appeal of your residence. Future buyers always appreciate high-end accessible modifications that allow aging in place gracefully without future expensive remodeling work. So you get to enjoy total cozy warmth today while protecting your property value for tomorrow.
Ordinarily, people think these wide door entry basins take up way too much space inside a normal small household washroom layout. Right off the bat, that is totally wrong because standard model sizes fit right into the exact footprint of standard traditional builder Tubs. So you usually do not have to tear down walls or expand your room footprint at all.
Another silly myth is that these units take forever and a day to fill up with warm water from standard residential water lines. Even so, installing high flow faucet valves combined with fast fill plumbing lines fills the whole tub up surprisingly fast. As long as your main home water supply pressure is decent, you will not be waiting around very long.
Lastly, some folks believe the swinging doors will inevitably leak water all over the floor sooner or later as seals age. But modern silicone gaskets combined with heavy duty latching handles create absolute airtight seals backed up by lifetime structural warranties. Therefore, messy puddle leaks are pretty much a bad nightmare of the past.
Evidently, taking the jump to upgrade your bathing space is the single best thing you can do for long term home safety. You get to keep your privacy, ditch dangerous tall thresholds, and pamper yourself with warm soothing massages daily. Why keep risking a terrible fall over an old slippery porcelain basin edge?
Right now, reaching out to get a completely free estimate costs absolutely nothing and gives you total clear answers for your project. Expert local technicians come right out to inspect your space, discuss your favorite features, and lay out exact straightforward pricing options. Take control of your daily independence today by securing your quick free quote right away!
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 Novelty.
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