The Star Prairie crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Saint Croix 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.
Every single day brings some slippery challenges when you try to step over that high barrier of a standard bathtub. Since nobody wants to slip on wet tiles, making a smart upgrade keeps you safe and independent in your own home. Fortunately, a local pro can swap your old basin for a low-threshold soaking oasis with a leak-proof door.
Naturally, this home improvement project removes the fear of falling while you bathe. If you want to see how this fits your space, you can grab a free estimate today. Our friendly crew will visit your home to measure everything and explain how we do things.
Consequently, you do not have to struggle with high tub walls anymore. Which means you can look forward to a deep, warm soak without any stress. Let us help you make your bathroom a much safer place to relax.
Imagine sliding open a secure door and walking right into your bath without lifting your legs way up high. Indeed, this simple change prevents serious slips and makes daily hygiene incredibly easy again. For many folks living in Saint Croix County, this upgrade represents the ultimate way to stay in the home they love for years to come.
On top of that, these specialized units feature built-in seating so you do not have to lower yourself all the way to the floor. This lets you sit upright while warm water surrounds your body. It is a total game-changer for anyone dealing with stiff joints or limited balance.
To help you compare your options, we put together a handy table of the key features of these modern accessible systems.
| Cool Feature | What It Does For You |
|---|---|
| Ultra-low step-in threshold | Prevents trips and lets you walk right inside safely |
| Contoured built-in seat | Provides a stable place to sit without slipping down |
| Heavy-duty grab bars | Gives you solid handholds when standing or sitting |
| Fast drainage technology | Empties the water quickly so you can exit without waiting |
Actually, many people worry that retrofitting their bathroom will turn into a messy nightmare that lasts for weeks. In contrast, our skilled local crew works fast to minimize the disruption to your daily routine. We carefully remove your existing heavy cast iron or fiberglass tub without damaging the surrounding drywall.
After preparing the subfloor, we install the new heavy-duty acrylic unit and seal all the plumbing connections tightly. This ensures that the water stays exactly where it belongs inside the tub. You will love how clean and modern the finished space looks once we pack up our tools.
Then, we perform a rigorous water test to guarantee the door seal remains 100% watertight. This attention to detail means you never have to worry about damp floors or mold growing behind your walls. We treat your home with the utmost respect throughout the entire process.
Perhaps you want heated backrests or soothing water jets to massage your tired muscles after a long day. Luckily, these accessible units offer tons of optional upgrades to make your bath feel like a private spa. You can customize the grab bar placements to match your unique reach and height perfectly.
Besides those perks, we can install handheld showerheads that let you rinse off while seated. This adds a ton of flexibility to your daily routine. You get to choose the exact colors and fixtures that match your existing bathroom style.
Whenever you are ready to explore these cool upgrades, we are happy to chat about what works best for your budget. Our team loves finding creative ways to maximize your space. We keep things straightforward without any high-pressure sales tactics.
Because we live and work nearby, we know the unique layout of homes in this lovely corner of Wisconsin. With a tight-knit community of about 716 residents, keeping our neighbors safe is our absolute top priority. We understand that local household budgets, with a median income of $59,333, require smart and lasting investments.
So, we strive to offer the most reliable service across the entire 54026 ZIP code area. You do not have to hire out-of-state companies who do not understand our local building codes. We handle all the permits and inspections so you do not have to worry about a thing.
This means you get top-tier craftsmanship right in your backyard. We take pride in helping local families regain their freedom in the bathroom. Your satisfaction means everything to our small business.
If you have been thinking about making this transition, there is no better time to take the first step. By requesting a free quote, you will get a clear picture of the costs and options without any obligation. We will sit down at your kitchen table and design the perfect setup together.
Now, you can stop worrying about the hazards of slippery bathroom floors. Our durable, easy-to-clean materials mean you will spend less time scrubbing and more time relaxing. It is an investment that truly pays off in peace of mind and comfort.
Just reach out to us and we will schedule a convenient time to visit your property. We look forward to meeting you and transforming your bathroom into a safe 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 Star Prairie.
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