The Tobin crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Kenosha 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.
Stepping over a high barrier just to take a warm bath feels like climbing a mountain when your knees or hips start acting up.
Fortunately, you can swap that old, risky basin for a secure, low-threshold alternative that lets you bathe without any fear of slipping.
We help you regain your independence by delivering top-notch safety upgrades right to your home.
Our friendly local team loves helping folks stay in the homes they cherish.
Because we believe everyone deserves a safe sanctuary, we offer a completely in-home estimate to plan your upgrade.
This no-pressure visit gives you all the details you need to make the right choice for your budget.
By choosing a local crew, you get personalized service from people who actually know your neighborhood.
Which means we show up on time, respect your property, and clean up every speck of dust before we leave.
You can finally look forward to a soothing soak without worrying about how you will get back out.
Making this change involves selecting the perfect shape and features to match your physical needs.
For starters, you can choose models with inward-swinging doors that seal tight under water pressure.
On the other hand, outward-opening doors offer easier access for anyone transitioning from a wheelchair.
To help you compare the main options, we put together a simple guide.
This handy table breaks down the key features of these specialized soaking systems.
| Door Type | Best Benefit | Space Required |
|---|---|---|
| Inward Swing | Saves bathroom floor space | Standard footprint |
| Outward Swing | Easiest transfer access | Needs swing clearance |
| Slide-In Style | Perfect for wheelchair users | Slightly wider area |
Beyond the door style, you get to pick from amazing upgrades like heated seating and therapeutic air jets.
These soothing bubbles can relieve tight muscles and help you sleep much better at night.
Each feature we offer aims to turn a simple chore into a luxurious, spa-like experience.
Trying to tackle this kind of plumbing project on your own usually leads to giant headaches.
Since these heavy units require precise leveling, a novice mistake can cause major leaks behind your drywall.
Our trained crew handles the heavy lifting, the tricky pipe alignments, and the electrical hookups safely.
Proper drainage is another critical factor that DIY fans often overlook.
Because nobody wants to sit shivering for twenty minutes waiting for the water to empty, we install fast-drain systems.
These specialized drains pull the water out in a flash so you can open the door quickly.
Additionally, we inspect your current water heater to ensure it can handle the volume of your new oasis.
Sometimes you need a larger tank or a booster to keep the water nice and hot.
We figure all of this out beforehand so you do not get any cold surprises later.
Every single unit we install comes packed with built-in defenses against nasty slips and falls.
For example, the floor surfaces have a deeply textured grip that keeps your feet planted firmly.
This means you can stand or sit with absolute confidence, even when things get soapy.
We also secure heavy-duty grab bars directly into the wall studs surrounding your new station.
These sturdy handles give you reliable leverage points as you sit down or stand up.
You will feel incredibly secure knowing you have solid steel supporting your balance.
First, we carefully remove your old, outdated tub and prep the subfloor for the new weight.
We check for any hidden water damage or mold beneath your old tile and fix it properly.
This extra step prevents future structural issues that could ruin your beautiful new bathroom.
Next, we slide the new unit in, hook up the flexible steel hoses, and seal the edges.
We test the door seal multiple times to guarantee not a single drop of water escapes onto your floor.
Our meticulous attention to detail ensures a flawless finish that lasts for decades to come.
We take pride in serving our community here in Kenosha County with honesty and hard work.
Our beautiful corner of southeast Wisconsin boasts a proud population of 19,719 folks who appreciate neighbors helping neighbors.
Whether you live near the scenic lakes or the quiet residential streets, we bring our expertise right to your doorstep.
Many local households, even with a median household income of $0, find that investing in home safety saves money.
After all, staying in your familiar home is much cheaper than moving into an assisted living facility.
We work hard to find a financial path that works for your specific budget and needs.
Our service area covers the entire local ZIP code of 53179 and the surrounding communities.
We know the local building codes inside and out, which means your project will pass inspection without any delays.
You get peace of mind knowing the job is done right, legal, and built to last.
Typically, our experienced crew can complete the entire transformation in just one to two days.
We work efficiently because we know how disruptive it is to live without a working bathroom.
By the second evening, you could be enjoying your very first warm, worry-free soak.
We also make sure to protect your carpets and floors with drop cloths during the process.
Once we finish, we haul away your old cast iron or fiberglass tub at no extra cost.
You will hardly even know we were there, except for your gorgeous new bath station.
Absolutely, because these modern units are designed to match the footprint of standard traditional tubs.
We can easily fit one into a five-foot alcove without tearing down your existing walls.
This clever design saves you thousands of dollars on major home remodeling costs.
During your consultation, we take precise measurements of your doorways and hallways too.
This ensures we can navigate the new unit safely into your bathroom without scratching your walls.
We plan every single step ahead of time so the actual workday goes smoothly.
You do not have to live with the daily anxiety of a slippery, dangerous bathroom anymore.
Our friendly local team is ready to visit your home and give you a clear, honest quote.
This custom estimate comes with zero obligations, so you can think it over at your own pace.
Imagine the relief of stepping into a warm bath without any physical strain or fear of falling.
This simple upgrade restores your privacy, boosts your confidence, and lets you age gracefully in place.
Give us a call to request your consultation!
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 Tobin.
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