The Rib Mountain crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Marathon 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 deep bath can feel like climbing a small mountain when your knees or back start acting up.
This is why upgrading your bathroom with a custom low-threshold bathing unit makes absolute sense for staying safe at home.
We help you swap that old risky basin for a secure leak-free setup that lets you bathe without fear of slipping.
Choosing the right setup means you can finally stop worrying about losing your balance on wet tile.
Our team brings the showroom to your door so you can see exactly how these genius designs fit your space.
We can help you get started today with an onsite assessment and price estimate.
Every home has different plumbing quirks, which is why a personalized visit is so important.
This approach ensures your new system drains fast and fits perfectly into your existing layout.
You will love how simple it is to regain your independence without leaving the comfort of your neighborhood.
These specialized bathing systems feature an airtight door on the side that swings open so you do not have to step over a high porcelain wall.
Which means you only have to clear a tiny gap of just a few inches to get inside.
Once you shut the door, a heavy-duty rubber gasket seals tightly to keep every drop of water inside the basin.
Inside the tub, a built-in contoured seat awaits you at a natural chair height.
This clever design prevents you from having to lower yourself all the way to the floor.
On top of that, you get to enjoy soothing water jets that target your sore muscles and aching joints.
Our professional crew handles the entire process, including removing your old cast-iron or acrylic basin.
We inspect the subfloor for water damage and reinforce the joists to support the weight of the new heavy-duty unit.
This meticulous preparation guarantees your new system remains stable and level for decades to come.
| Premium Feature | Direct Daily Benefit |
|---|---|
| Ultra-low entry threshold | Eliminates the risk of tripping while stepping in |
| Heated seating and backrest | Keeps you warm while the basin fills up with water |
| High-speed drain systems | Allows you to exit the unit almost immediately after bathing |
| Strategic grab bars | Provides solid handholds for effortless standing and sitting |
Safety is obviously the main goal, but the sheer relaxation you get from these units is a very close second.
Imagine soaking in deep warm water while targeted air jets gently massage your lower back.
You deserve this daily escape, especially during those freezing local winters when the cold settles deep into your bones.
Besides the physical relief, you gain immense peace of mind knowing you can wash up without needing assistant help.
This preserves your privacy and dignity while keeping you safe from nasty falls.
It is a smart investment that actually allows you to stay in your beloved family home much longer.
Living in this beautiful part of Marathon County means dealing with unique local home styles and older plumbing systems.
Whether you reside near the state park or closer to the bustling shopping districts, we know the local housing stock inside and out.
Our team respects your property and keeps the workspace clean from start to finish.
With a local population of around 6,033 residents, community trust is everything to our small business.
We know that local folks value honest work, clear communication, and reliable American-made materials.
That is why we never cut corners on plumbing, sealing, or electrical connections during our installations.
Looking at the local median household income of $74,028, we understand that home renovations must fit a realistic budget.
We offer transparent pricing with zero hidden fees so you can plan your upgrade with total confidence.
Our free estimate cover everything from the initial demolition to the final cleanup and testing phase.
First, we sit down with you to measure your bathroom layout and discuss your specific physical needs.
This lets us recommend the perfect door configuration, whether you need a left-hand swing, right-hand swing, or an outward-opening door for wheelchair transfers.
We also verify that your water heater has the capacity to fill your new deep-soaking oasis.
Next comes the careful removal of your old tub, which we haul away so you do not have to deal with the trash.
We then run new heavy-duty copper or PEX plumbing lines to match the high-flow faucets of your new unit.
This crucial step ensures your tub fills up quickly so you are not sitting there shivering.
Finally, we slide the new unit into place, level it perfectly using adjustable steel leveling legs, and connect the drains.
We apply commercial-grade mold-resistant silicone along the surrounds to create a flawless watertight barrier.
Before we leave, we run a full cycle to test every single jet, heater, and door seal to ensure absolute perfection.
Trying to install one of these advanced heavy units yourself often leads to costly plumbing disasters and water leaks.
These systems require precise electrical grounding to safely run the hydrotherapy pumps near standing water.
Our certified technicians have the specialized training to handle these complex electrical hookups safely.
A minor mistake in leveling can prevent the heavy door from sealing correctly, which leads to slow leaks behind your walls.
This hidden moisture quickly breeds dangerous black mold and rots your wooden floor joists.
Hiring our seasoned crew protects your home equity and ensures your manufacturer warranty remains fully valid.
We also make sure your installation complies with all local building codes and safety regulations.
This attention to detail is vital if you ever decide to sell your property in the future.
You can sit back and relax while we handle the permits, the heavy lifting, and the technical fine-tuning.
There is absolutely no reason to keep risking your safety in an outdated and slippery bathroom basin.
Our friendly local team is ready to visit your home and design a custom solution tailored to your daily needs.
We service the entire local area, including the prominent ZIP codes that cover our beautiful community.
During our visit, we will answer all your questions about drain times, jet options, and faucet styles.
You will receive a detailed written estimate with no obligation to buy anything on the spot.
This is simply our way of helping our neighbors make informed decisions about their home safety.
Take the first step toward a more comfortable, secure, and independent lifestyle today.
Contact us now to schedule your home consultation and discover how easy upgrading your bath can be.
We look forward to helping you transform your bathroom into a private sanctuary of safety and relaxation!
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 Rib Mountain.
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