The Saint Edward crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Boone 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 bathtub often feels like climbing a small mountain when your joints start aching.
This common daily struggle actually causes thousands of slips and falls in home bathrooms every single year.
Fortunately, we can easily swap your old high-walled basin for a secure, low-step alternative designed to keep you safe.
Imagine stepping over a threshold that rises only a few inches off the bathroom floor instead of risking your balance.
Our specialized crew brings these accessible bathing solutions right to your doorstep in Boone County to restore your peace of mind.
By scheduling a home evaluation today, you will discover how simple it is to transform your daily routine into a stress-free experience.
Standard household tubs require you to balance on one slippery wet foot while swinging your other leg over a cold porcelain ledge.
To eliminate this hazard, our team installs heavy-duty sealed-door units that allow you to walk straight inside before filling the basin.
These innovative setups feature built-in contoured seating so you can sit upright while enjoying a warm, deep soak without any physical strain.
Because of their specialized design, these systems require heavy plumbing adjustments and meticulous sealing to prevent leaks.
Choosing professional placement ensures that every seal holds tight under heavy water pressure while keeping your bathroom dry.
This means you get to enjoy your hot baths without worrying about water damage ruining your floorboards or joists below.
| Feature | Direct Benefit to You |
|---|---|
| Low-step entry door | Prevents slips by keeping your feet firmly on the ground |
| Contoured built-in seat | Allows you to sit comfortably without struggling to stand up |
| Quick-drain technology | Saves you from waiting around in the cold after your bath |
| Thick grab bars | Gives you solid handholds for maximum stability |
Selecting the right model depends on your body type, bathroom layout, and specific mobility goals.
On top of that, we walk you through the various size profiles to find the perfect fit for your space.
Which means you get a custom-tailored solution that matches your home perfectly without sacrificing floor space.
First, we carefully remove your existing cast iron or fiberglass structure without damaging your surrounding walls.
This lets us inspect the subfloor underneath for any hidden water rot or weakness that needs immediate attention.
Fixing these structural issues early guarantees a rock-solid foundation that will support your new setup for decades.
Next, our technicians route the heavy-duty drain lines and adjust the hot and cold water intake valves.
Since these units hold more water than standard models, we often upgrade your piping to speed up the filling process.
Consequently, you will spend less time shivering while waiting for your warm oasis to fill up to your shoulders.
Finally, we level the unit, secure the watertight door system, and seal all the outer edges with premium silicone.
After the seals cure, we run a full diagnostic test to ensure the pressure locks work flawlessly.
This meticulous process guarantees that your home stays dry while you enjoy a deep, soothing soak.
Our small-town crew understands the unique layout of homes in this beautiful region of 718 residents.
We know that many local properties feature classic construction that requires special care during plumbing retrofits.
With a local median household income of $46,250, we also recognize the vital importance of budget-friendly, lasting home investments.
By serving the entire 68660 zip code area, we bring dependable craftsmanship directly to your doorstep.
We treat your home with the utmost respect, cleaning up every speck of dust before we pack up our tools.
This dedication ensures that you can start using your new, safer bathroom immediately without any cleanup hassle.
Slips on wet tile rank among the leading causes of home injuries for seniors and individuals with limited mobility.
Adding a walk-in basin removes the fear of falling, which instantly restores your personal independence.
You can bathe privately without relying on family members or caretakers to assist you with basic hygiene.
Additionally, these systems offer therapeutic relief for sore muscles, arthritis, and stiff lower back joints.
Warm water immersion improves circulation and helps you sleep much better at night after a long day.
Investing in your safety today keeps you living in your beloved home much longer as you age.
Modern setups come loaded with luxury upgrades like heated backrests and soothing hydrotherapy jets.
These custom additions turn a basic safety upgrade into a private spa experience right in your master bath.
We help you select the exact features that align with your budget and daily physical needs.
Furthermore, we install easy-to-reach digital control panels so you do not have to strain your arms to adjust settings.
This user-friendly design ensures that anyone can operate the system safely without reading a complicated manual.
You get total control over your bathing environment with the simple push of a button.
Now is the perfect time to take control of your home safety before an accidental slip occurs.
We offer consultations where we measure your space and discuss your personal preferences.
Our friendly estimator will provide a clear, upfront price quote so you can make an informed decision.
To schedule your visit, simply reach out to our local team today to set up a convenient time.
We will answer all your questions about plumbing adjustments, electrical requirements, and project timelines.
Let us help you make your bathroom a place of pure relaxation and safety once again.
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 Saint Edward.
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