The Shoreham crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Addison 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.
Slips and trips on wet tile can turn your daily routine into a scary ordeal.
Fortunately, we can swap your old high-walled basin for a safe, low-threshold bathing unit that keeps you independent.
This simple change protects your joints and lets you enjoy hot water without any fear of falling.
Living in Addison County means dealing with long, chilly winters that make your bones ache.
Which is why having a safe, accessible way to soak matters so much for your daily well-being.
Our team travels right to your doorstep to measure your space and help you choose the perfect fit.
You do not have to struggle with high tub walls anymore.
Actually, we specialize in removing those old hazards and installing secure, easy-access models.
Request your free estimate today so we can start planning your stress-free bathroom upgrade.
Many homeowners worry about the mess and time a major bathroom remodel takes.
However, our experienced crew handles the heavy lifting quickly to minimize any disruption to your life.
We carefully pull out your old fixture and slide in a custom-fitted, leak-proof unit with a built-in seat.
This upgraded setup features a secure door that seals completely tight when you close it.
As a result, you can step right in over a tiny threshold instead of lifting your legs over a dangerous ledge.
Safety bars and non-slip floors come standard to give you total stability while you wash.
On top of that, these specialized vessels drain incredibly fast so you do not have to sit there shivering.
Which means you can open the door and step out onto your bath mat almost immediately after finishing.
We offer different sizes to fit snuggly into your existing bathroom layout without moving your walls.
Keeping your independence at home feels amazing when you do not have to ask for help to bathe.
Indeed, this home improvement project protects your privacy and gives your family members immense peace of mind.
You get to control your routine again while enjoying a deep, therapeutic soak that relaxes tired muscles.
To help you compare your options, here is a breakdown of what these modern units offer:
| Feature | Daily Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Low Step-In Threshold | Prevents trips and lets you enter the water safely without balance issues. |
| Contoured Built-In Seating | Keeps you upright and stable so you do not have to lower yourself to the floor. |
| Hydrotherapy Jets | Relieves arthritis pain and boosts circulation in your legs and lower back. |
| Quick-Drain Technology | Empties the water in seconds so you can exit the unit without waiting in the cold. |
Furthermore, these fixtures raise the overall value of your home if you ever decide to sell.
Because buyers love seeing accessible modifications already done, your property becomes much more attractive.
It is a smart investment that pays off in daily safety and long-term home equity.
You might wonder how we manage to swap these heavy fixtures without ruining your plumbing.
Actually, our local technicians are highly trained to handle tricky pipe alignments and tight corners.
We inspect your subfloor first to ensure it can support the weight of a fully loaded water vessel.
After checking the foundation, we hook up your new rapid-drain system and secure the leak-proof seals.
This meticulous approach prevents water damage behind your walls and keeps mold from growing.
We test every single button, jet, and door latch before we consider our job finished.
We take great pride in serving our neighbors in this lovely corner of Vermont.
With a local population of 1,265 residents, we treat every client like a close friend and neighbor.
Whether you live near the lake or closer to the town center, we bring our tools right to you.
Big national chains often treat you like a number and charge crazy prices for basic work.
Conversely, our crew knows the local housing styles and the unique plumbing quirks of older homes.
We live and work right here, meaning we arrive on time and clean up every speck of dust we make.
Our goal is to make this upgrade affordable and straightforward for every household.
We offer clear, upfront pricing during your home consultation so you never face hidden surprises.
If you live in the 05770 area, we can schedule a visit to your home this week.
This lets us look at your current bathroom layout and give you an accurate, no-obligation quote.
We answer all your questions about grab bars, door directions, and heated seating options.
Do not wait for a dangerous slip to happen before you decide to upgrade your bathroom.
Taking action today ensures you can stay in the home you love for many years to come.
Our friendly team is ready to guide you through the entire selection and installation process.
We make it incredibly easy to get started with our no-hassle consultation service.
Simply reach out to us, and we will send a friendly pro to look at your space.
We provide a complete, written estimate at absolutely no cost to you.
Invest in your safety, regain your confidence, and enjoy the relaxing warmth of a deep soak again.
Contact us today to request your free quote and take control of your home safety.
We look forward to helping you transform your bathroom into a secure haven!
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 Shoreham.
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