The Savoy crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Champaign 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.
Looking to make your bathroom much safer and way more cozy without losing your independence at home? Getting a specialized deep soaking basin with an easy-access door put in your house is the best move you can make today!
Actually, tripping over a tall porcelain wall every single morning gets totally scary real fast as the years keep creeping up on us. Upgrading to a custom bathing unit featuring a sealed swing door gives you absolute peace of mind while keeping you safe on slick surfaces. Naturally, you get to stay in the cozy home you love without worrying your family about dangerous slip and fall accidents during your daily routine.
Honestly, nobody wants to give up their privacy just to clean up and relax after a crazy long week of hard work. By choosing a low-step entry system, you bring total ease back into your favorite room while instantly boosting your overall home value. Beyond that, the warm water jets work real wonders on those stubborn aching back muscles you get from messing around in the garden all afternoon...
Plus, the whole process of getting one of these giant modern tub units set up in your pad is way easier than most folks around here think. With a slick non-slip floor base and built-in grab bars, your daily washing time transforms right back into a calm and super cozy retreat!
To put it simply, these modified personal soaking stations are built with a super tough watertight seal along the door edge so water never spills onto your tile floor. First off, you just step right across a tiny threshold that sits just a couple inches off the ground instead of swinging your leg high over a huge edge. Consequently, you sit down comfortably on a raised integrated bench seat before you even turn on the hot water tap.
Moreover, the modern fast-draining technology built into these modern setups means you will not sit around freezing while waiting for the dirty water to flush down the pipe. On top of that, strategically placed hydrotherapy jets rub your tired joints while you just kick back and listen to your favorite classic tunes. What this means for you is pure bliss without any awkward scrambling or fear of losing your balance on slippery wet surfaces.
Meanwhile, the durable acrylic shell holds warmth way longer than old cast iron tubs ever could back in the day. As a result, your bath stays nice and warm while you take your sweet time catching up on a good book. Isn't that way better than rushing through a cold basic shower because your feet hurt?
dynamic changes become obvious once you look closely at how traditional fixtures stack up against modern accessible washing hardware. Check out this simple breakdown to see what fits your lifestyle best:
| Feature Details | Old Standard Bathtubs | Accessible Swing-Door Basins |
|---|---|---|
| Step Entry Height | High wall (14 to 18 inches) | Ultra-low step (2 to 4 inches) |
| Built-in Seating | None, gotta sit on flat floor | Raised comfortable bench seat |
| Slip Prevention | Smooth slick porcelain surface | Textured floor with heavy grab bars |
| Targeted Hydro Jets | Rarely included or basic | Adjustable water and air massage jets |
Evidently, making the switch gives you way more safety features while keeping your bathroom looking totally fancy and updated. Furthermore, you do not have to settle for cheap plastic looking retrofits that ruin the overall aesthetic of your master suite. Modern designs blend right in with your current tile work, solid wood cabinets, and shiny chrome metal faucets!
Actually, serving our awesome neighbors in this gorgeous pocket of Champaign County brings real joy to our whole team every single day. Nested right in ZIP code 61874, our small local town boasts a proud population of about 8,654 folks who truly value keeping their homes in tip-top shape. In fact, with a solid median household income of $68,217, many smart homeowners nearby are choosing smart home renovations that help them age gracefully right in place!
Additionally, our local Midwest weather patterns can swing from freezing cold winter nights to humid summer afternoons in a flat second. Having your own indoor heated hydrotherapy sanctuary right in your own master bath helps fight off those harsh seasonal joint aches effectively. Therefore, investing in your own property here in Central Illinois is both a practical choice for safety and a great financial upgrade for your house!
Indeed, living close to great parks and bustling university neighborhoods means we all stay super active throughout the entire year. But when you come back home exhausted, having an easy-entry soaking space makes all the hard work totally worth it. You deserve a smooth upgrade that works hard for you year after year without giving you any maintenance headaches!
Initially, you might think tearing out an old iron unit is going to cause a massive dusty mess all over your carpeted hallway. Luckily, our careful crew wraps up everything tightly, protecting your floors while swapping out your old plumbing fixtures with pure precision. This lets you sit back and relax while we do all the heavy lifting and high-tech pipe connections!
Which means you do not have to worry about leaks sneaking down into your subfloor later down the line when you least expect it. Furthermore, we test every single plumbing joint, jet line, and quick-drain valve before we pack up our tools and clean your room. You end up with a flawless personal oasis that works every single time you want a hot soak!
Because of this, your total bath safety quotient rockets through the roof while giving you a super quiet place to unwind every evening. Besides that, high-grade acrylic materials mean you won't spend endless hours scrubbing harsh mildew or ugly soap scum off the walls... A simple gentle wipe down keeps the shiny surface sparkling clean for years to come!
First off, picking up the phone or reaching out online gets you a completely zero-risk in-home consultation whenever you are ready. Then, our local guy visits your house, measures your existing plumbing footprint, checks your water heater capacity, and listens to what you need. After that, we hand you a fully transparent, clear plan outlining exact costs so you never encounter sneaky surprise charges later!
Consequently, you stay in total control of your budget while designing a custom safe soaking setup that matches your home decor. On top of that, our crew respects your valuable time and always shows up right when we say we will. No waiting around all morning wondering if the contractor forgot about you!
So, why keep risking a dangerous fall every time you just want to take a basic morning bath? Take a super easy step toward keeping your home independence intact today while giving your aching muscles the ultimate cozy present. Reach out right now to secure your totally free estimate and let's turn your standard bathroom into a real personal paradise!
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 Savoy.
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