The Tilly Foster crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Putnam 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 older or dealing with limited mobility can turn your daily shower into a scary chore.
You deserve to feel completely safe and secure every time you wash up.
Our professional team specializes in placing high-walled safety baths with leak-proof doors right into your existing space.
Fortunately, we can retro-fit your bathroom with these amazing deep-soaking barrier-free basins that let you step right in instead of climbing over a dangerous high ledge.
This means you regain your precious independence immediately.
We travel straight to your home to inspect your current layout and give you a written estimate.
Think about how slick a wet bathroom floor gets after a normal shower.
Slip and fall accidents happen in a split second.
By choosing to upgrade to a specialized self-contained low-threshold cabin, you eliminate the need to balance on one wet foot while stepping over a giant tub wall.
On top of that, our units come with built-in contoured seating so you can sit down comfortably while you soak.
This lets you relax your muscles without worrying about how you will stand back up.
Which means you get to enjoy a peaceful, spa-like experience without any of the usual anxiety.
Actually, these systems are packed with safety features like sturdy grab bars and anti-slip floors.
We make sure every grab rail is anchored perfectly into your wall studs.
This level of heavy-duty support keeps you stable even when your hands are covered in soapy water.
First, we look closely at your current plumbing setup during our initial home visit.
We need to ensure your water heater can handle a larger volume of warm water.
Because of this, we always check your pipe diameters and drainage speed before we recommend a specific model.
Then, our crew carefully removes your old, outdated bathing fixture without damaging your surrounding walls.
We haul away the old heavy cast iron or fiberglass basin so you do not have to worry about clean-up.
This hassle-free service keeps your home clean and tidy throughout the quick renovation.
Next, we position the new heavy-duty acrylic unit and hook up the specialized fast-drain system.
You will love how fast the water empties out of the basin when you are done.
This rapid-drain technology is critical because you must wait inside the unit until the water fully drains before opening the door.
| Feature | Direct Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Low-entry threshold | Prevents tripping and makes entry effortless |
| Contoured heated seat | Keeps you warm while the basin fills up |
| Hydrotherapy jets | Soothes sore joints and tired muscles |
| Fast-drain system | Minimizes waiting time before you open the door |
Now, let us talk about the different options available for these specialized modern washing units.
Some models feature soothing water jets that massage your aching back and legs.
This targeted hydrotherapy helps ease arthritis pain and improves your overall circulation after a long day.
In addition to that, you can select models with heated backrests that keep you warm while the basin fills with water.
No more shivering while you wait for the warm water to reach your chest.
This smart design feature adds incredible coziness to your daily routine.
To help you choose, we bring catalogs and material samples right to your kitchen table.
We explain the difference between outward-swinging doors and inward-swinging doors.
This detailed guidance ensures you pick the perfect configuration for your specific body type and bathroom size.
Our dedicated team proudly serves homeowners throughout the beautiful hamlet of Tilly Foster.
We know the local housing styles in this scenic part of Putnam County very well.
Whether you live in a historic farmhouse or a modern ranch, we know exactly how to adapt your plumbing.
Specifically, we understand the needs of the 18,404 residents living in this lovely New York community.
We work hard to provide affordable safety upgrades that keep senior citizens in their beloved homes longer.
Plus, we are very familiar with the local building codes and permitting processes in the NY region.
We handle all the paperwork and inspections so you can sit back and relax.
This professional oversight guarantees that your new home modification is completely up to code.
When you contact us for an estimate, we schedule a convenient time to visit your home.
We measure your doorways and bathroom floor space to plan the delivery route.
This careful planning prevents any unexpected surprises on the day of your installation.
After that, we provide a clear, written price quote with absolutely no hidden fees.
We explain every single cost so you can make an informed decision without any pressure.
This honest approach is why your neighbors trust us with their bathroom remodeling projects.
Let us be completely honest about the drawbacks of these deep-soaking safety units.
For starters, you have to sit inside the empty basin while it fills up with warm water.
This can feel a bit chilly at first if you do not have a heated seat option installed.
Similarly, you must remain seated while the water drains out before you can safely open the door.
To combat this, we highly recommend upgrading to our high-speed drainage pumps.
This optional upgrade speeds up the process significantly so you can get on with your day.
On the positive side, the sheer peace of mind you gain is absolutely priceless.
Your family members will sleep better knowing you are safe from devastating bathroom falls.
This simple change preserves your privacy and dignity so you do not need assisted care just to stay clean.
Keeping your new non-porous acrylic unit clean is actually incredibly easy.
You do not need to scrub hard with harsh chemical cleaners that irritate your lungs.
A simple wipe-down with a mild soap and a soft cloth keeps the surface sparkling bright.
Furthermore, the high-grade silicone seals around the door are built to last for decades.
We use premium materials that resist mold and mildew growth in damp environments.
This durable construction means your bathroom stays fresh and hygienic with minimal effort.
Do not wait for a dangerous slip or fall to force your hand.
Investing in your physical safety is the best way to ensure you can stay in your home forever.
We are ready to guide you through every step of this exciting bathroom transformation.
Contact us today to schedule your no-obligation home assessment and written estimate.
We will answer all your questions and help you design the perfect custom bathing setup.
Let us help you bring safety, freedom, and deep relaxation back into your daily life.
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 Tilly Foster.
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