The Rice crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Benton 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 older or dealing with limited mobility can turn a simple daily wash into a scary chore. Actually, slipping on wet tile is one of the most common ways folks get hurt at home. Because of this danger, swapping your old high-walled basin for a safe, low-threshold bathing system makes total sense.
Fortunately, our local team visits your home to measure your space and give you an estimate. This means you get a custom layout plan without spending a single dime upfront. Which is great because you can make an informed decision without any pressure.
By choosing a professional setup, you secure your independence and protect your joints. Now you can look forward to a warm, deep soak instead of dreading the slippery floor. Let us help you transform your bathroom into a secure sanctuary today.
If you have ever tried to climb over a steep porcelain ledge with stiff knees, you know how terrifying that balance act is. To solve this problem, these specialized airtight swing-door units let you walk right in without lifting your legs more than a few inches. Consequently, you feel a massive weight lift off your shoulders the moment you step inside.
Our premium systems come with hydrotherapy jets, secure grab bars, and heated seating surfaces. On top of that, the fast-draining technology ensures you do not sit shivering while waiting for the water to empty out. This lets you enjoy a spa-like soak right in your own home.
| Feature | Concrete Benefit |
|---|---|
| Low-step entry | Eliminates the risk of tripping and falling |
| Contoured built-in seat | Provides incredible physical support and coziness |
| Leak-proof door seal | Keeps your bathroom floor dry and mold-free |
Naturally, we understand that every bathroom layout is unique. For this reason, we offer left-hand and right-hand door configurations to fit your existing plumbing lines perfectly. This saves you tons of money on major pipe relocation costs.
Maybe you think this is a simple weekend DIY project, but these heavy units require expert leveling and heavy-duty structural support. Because water weighs about eight pounds per gallon, a fully loaded deep-soak basin puts immense pressure on your subfloor. Therefore, our crew reinforces your floor joists to prevent any sag or cracking over time.
Additionally, our plumbers handle the high-flow tapware and thermostatic control valves. This prevents accidental scalding by keeping the water temperature perfectly regulated. Which means you can relax completely, knowing your system operates safely every single time.
Investing in your home accessibility is also a smart financial move. Since many buyers look for properties that support aging in place, this upgrade makes your house highly attractive to a broader market. Indeed, it is a rare home improvement that offers both immediate safety and long-term resale value.
Furthermore, you save money on potential assisted living bills by staying in your beloved home longer. This keeps your hard-earned cash in your pocket. Truly, the freedom to bathe independently is absolutely priceless.
When you contact us, we schedule a convenient time to check out your space. First, we measure your doorways and your existing alcove to ensure a seamless fit. This simple step prevents any nasty surprises on the day of the actual setup.
Next, we discuss your specific physical needs, like extra handrails or hand-held shower wand extensions. Then we provide a detailed, written quote that breaks down every single cost. This transparent pricing means you never have to worry about hidden fees or surprise upcharges.
After you approve the plan, our clean, respectful crew gets to work. We protect your carpets with drop cloths and clean up every speck of dust before we leave. Actually, we treat your home with the exact same respect we show our own mothers' houses.
Living in Benton County means dealing with freezing winters that make joints ache like crazy. Because of this cold weather, having a deep, heated oasis in your home is a game-changer. Our specialized units help soothe those stiff muscles after a long day of shoveling snow.
We love serving the friendly community of Rice, Minnesota, where the local folks value hard work and honest prices. With a cozy population of 1,556 residents, we treat every client like our next-door neighbor. This local connection drives us to deliver top-notch craftsmanship on every single project.
Looking at the local median household income of $74,653, we know you want real value for your dollar. That is why we offer durable, long-lasting materials that stand up to decades of daily use. Whether you live in ZIP code 56367 or nearby, we are just a quick drive away from helping you.
To make your bathing experience even better, we can install multi-tier grab bars in exact spots that match your height. This custom placement gives you maximum leverage when standing up or sitting down. Consequently, you never feel off-balance or insecure while moving around.
We also offer slip-resistant flooring textures that grip your feet even when soapy. This advanced surface treatment drastically reduces the risk of minor slips. Which means you can move with absolute confidence, even when the basin is full of bubbles.
Perhaps you worry that your bathroom will be out of commission for weeks on end. Happily, our experienced crew usually finishes the entire swap in just one or two days. This fast pace minimizes disruption to your daily routine, so you can get back to normal life quickly.
We also haul away your old, heavy cast-iron or acrylic tub for free. This saves you the hassle of renting a dumpster or begging the trash collectors to take it. We handle all the heavy lifting and disposal so you do not have to lift a finger.
We pride ourselves on our deep community roots and our commitment to absolute honesty. Unlike big national corporations, we do not use high-pressure sales tactics to force you into a decision. Instead, we present the facts, answer your questions, and let you decide when you are ready.
Our warranties are some of the strongest in the business, covering the door seals, the shell, and our labor. This long-term protection gives you complete peace of mind for years to come. If you ever run into an issue, you just call us and we come right out to fix it.
Now is the perfect time to take control of your safety and comfort. Do not wait for a dangerous fall to force your hand. Contact us today to request your free, no-obligation estimate and take the first step toward a safer, happier home life.
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 Rice.
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