The Stillman crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Alger 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 can feel like climbing a mountain as we get older or deal with pesky joint pain.
Actually, many folks in Alger County worry about slipping on wet tiles every single day.
Our professional team specializes in fitting custom, low-threshold bathing units that let you regain your independence right at home.
Fortunately, you do not have to risk your safety just to enjoy a warm bath.
By choosing our local service, you get a beautiful, watertight door-entry bath designed to fit perfectly into your existing layout.
This means you can finally stop worrying about balance issues and start looking forward to a relaxing soak.
These specialized bathing systems feature a leak-proof door that opens easily so you can step inside without lifting your legs over a high barrier.
Once you settle onto the contoured raised seat, you simply close the secure latch and fill the basin with warm water.
This clever design keeps you sitting upright, which is a total lifesaver for your knees and lower back.
During a quick visit, we assess your current plumbing to make sure everything aligns with the new layout.
Because these units hold more water than a regular shallow tub, we often check your water heater capacity too.
This attention to detail ensures you never run out of hot water halfway through your bath.
On top of that, we install heavy-duty grab bars right where your hands naturally reach for support.
Which means you can stand up or sit down with complete confidence, even when your hands are soapy.
Safety always comes first, but we also make sure the finished look matches your personal style.
| Key Feature | Direct Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Ultra-low entry threshold | Eliminates the risk of tripping while stepping in |
| Contoured, built-in seating | Allows comfortable bathing without sitting on the floor |
| Rapid-drain technology | Minimizes wait time before you can open the door |
| Surrounding grab bars | Provides sturdy handholds for secure movement |
Trying to tackle this kind of plumbing project on your own usually leads to massive headaches and expensive water leaks.
Our skilled crew handles the entire heavy lifting, from carefully tearing out the old cast iron basin to sealing the new acrylic walls.
This professional touch prevents mold growth behind the drywall, keeping your home healthy for years to come.
Additionally, we understand the local building codes in this beautiful northern Michigan region.
Whether you live in a cozy cabin or a larger family home, we make sure every pipe connection is secure.
You can rest easy knowing our work stands up to freezing winters and shifting foundations.
As a matter of fact, we focus on minimizing the mess in your house while we work.
We lay down protective mats over your carpets and clean up every speck of dust before we leave.
This leaves you with nothing but a sparkling, safe sanctuary ready for immediate use.
Every bathroom has a unique footprint, so we offer a wide variety of sizes and door configurations.
For instance, some homes benefit from an outward-swinging door, while others require a compact inward-swinging design to save space.
We help you measure the doorway clearances so the installation goes incredibly smoothly without any surprises.
Besides the physical dimensions, you can also select luxurious upgrades like heated backrests or air therapy jets.
These soothing water jets target sore muscles and help improve circulation after a long day of chores.
It feels like having a private spa session right in your own home, minus the steep resort prices.
Now, let us talk about what actually happens on the day we start working on your bathroom remodel.
First, we shut off the main water line so we can safely disconnect the old, outdated fixtures.
Then, we inspect the subfloor for any hidden water damage or rot that needs fixing beforehand.
After preparing the base, we carefully slide the new heavy-duty fiberglass frame into its designated spot.
We level the unit precisely so the gravity-fed drain works at lightning speed when you finish bathing.
This prevents you from sitting in cold water while waiting for the tub to empty out.
Finally, we run a series of rigorous water tests to guarantee that the door seal is completely airtight.
We absolutely refuse to leave your home until we are 100% sure not a single drop of water can escape onto your floor.
Our goal is to give you total peace of mind every single time you use your new bath.
While this project is a significant investment, it is far cheaper than moving into an assisted living facility.
Staying in your beloved home with your familiar neighbors is truly priceless for your mental well-being.
Our upgrades help preserve your independence, which is the best gift you can give to yourself and your family.
To help you plan, we provide transparent estimates right at your kitchen table.
We sit down, look at your space, listen to your needs, and write down an honest price with zero hidden fees.
This straightforward approach helps you make the best decision for your budget without any high-pressure sales tactics.
Our tight-knit community of about 1,138 residents values neighborly trust and hard work above everything else.
We love serving families across the local ZIP codes, helping folks enjoy their golden years without fear of bathroom accidents.
Living in this peaceful area means enjoying life at your own pace, which should include your daily hygiene routine.
No one should feel anxious about taking a simple shower or bath in their own house.
Our custom installations bring back the joy of warm, relaxing water without the physical strain.
If you want to make your bathroom a safer place, we are ready to assist you every step of the way.
Simply reach out to us today, and we will schedule a convenient time to visit your home for an assessment.
Let us help you transform your bathroom into a secure, stress-free space where you can relax with confidence!
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 Stillman.
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