The Tunkhannock crew we send takes the old bathtub out, seals the new door in and tests it full, all over Wyoming 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 your traditional bath can feel like climbing a mountain as the years slip by.
Suddenly that high porcelain ledge looks less like a simple barrier and more like a serious hazard waiting to happen.
Which is why finding a smart way to remodel your washing space can save you from a nasty slip.
Fortunately a local team of home modification specialists can visit your property to measure your layout.
These skilled installers know exactly how to swap out your old, dangerous basin for a secure, low-step alternative.
You will immediately get peace of mind knowing that taking a daily bath is no longer a risky chore.
Since we are talking about a major home improvement, you probably want to know what your options look like.
Our friendly crew loves helping folks find the perfect fit for their specific physical needs and bathroom sizes.
By requesting a free estimate today, you can take the first step toward a much safer and stress-free routine.
Many homeowners do not realize how easy it is to replace a standard basin with a sealed-door model.
This special kind of accessible deep soaking basin features a heavy-duty door that swings open so you do not have to lift your legs over a high wall.
On top of that, the built-in contoured seating lets you sit upright while the warm water surrounds you.
This design helps anyone dealing with balance issues, arthritis, or limited range of motion stay independent in their own home.
Because you do not have to lower yourself all the way down to the floor, your knees and back will thank you every single day.
Indeed, this setup combines the ultimate in daily safety with a truly relaxing, spa-like experience.
Let us look at some of the standard features you can choose from to customize your new setup:
| Feature | Real-Life Benefit for You |
|---|---|
| Low Step-In Threshold | Virtually eliminates the risk of tripping while entering the tub. |
| Heated Seating & Backrest | Keeps you warm and cozy while the water drains out of the basin. |
| Hydrotherapy Jets | Soothes sore muscles and improves circulation with gentle water pressure. |
| Fast Drain Technology | Allows you to open the door and exit the basin quickly without shivering. |
You might worry that retrofitting your bathroom will turn your home into a dusty, chaotic construction zone for weeks.
Actually, experienced local contractors can often finish the entire swap in just one or two days.
This means your daily schedule is barely interrupted while your home gets a massive safety upgrade.
First, the team carefully removes your old cast iron or acrylic tub without damaging the surrounding drywall.
Then, they inspect the subfloor to make sure it can handle the weight of a fully filled, deep-soaking unit.
After that, they connect the new heavy-duty fixtures and high-flow drains to your existing plumbing lines.
To make sure everything is completely watertight, the technicians apply professional-grade marine sealants around the frame.
This meticulous process prevents hidden leaks that could otherwise cause mold growth behind your bathroom walls.
As a result, you get a beautiful, safe washing area that looks like it was always meant to be there.
We know that financial planning is incredibly important, especially for households living on a fixed retirement income.
In our lovely historic borough of 1,771 residents, many folks are searching for sensible ways to invest in their properties.
With a local median household income of $43,370, finding affordable, high-quality home modifications is a top priority.
Which is why our team focuses on transparent pricing with no hidden fees or high-pressure sales tactics.
We serve the entire Wyoming County area, including those living within the 18657 ZIP code region.
By choosing a local contractor, you avoid the hefty corporate markups that national franchises often tack onto their bills.
During your on-site consultation, we will look at your current pipes and help you pick a model that fits your budget.
Whether you want a basic leak-proof model or a premium unit with air jets, we find a way to make it work.
This personalized approach ensures you never pay for extra features you do not actually need or want.
It is tempting to think about ordering a pre-fabricated unit online and trying to hook it up yourself.
However, tackling this kind of complex plumbing and structural work without proper training can lead to disaster.
One loose connection or improper seal can cause thousands of dollars in water damage to your floor joists.
Furthermore, these specialized units are incredibly heavy and require precise leveling to ensure the door seal works perfectly.
If the frame is even slightly crooked, the door might leak or warp over time, ruining your investment.
Professional installers carry the right tools and insurance to guarantee that your setup remains bone dry and fully functional.
Additionally, local building codes often require specific permits for major bathroom plumbing alterations.
Working with licensed pros means all the paperwork is handled correctly so your home remains compliant.
Ultimately, leaving the heavy lifting to the experts saves you time, stress, and potential future repair bills.
When selecting your new leak-proof step-in shower alternative, you have several choices regarding how the door functions.
An outward-swinging door makes it incredibly easy to transfer from a wheelchair or walker directly onto the built-in seat.
On the other hand, an inward-swinging door uses the water pressure itself to help keep the seal tight during your bath.
Another important factor to consider is the speed at which the water fills and empties from the basin.
Choosing a model with dual-drain technology means you will not have to sit shivering while waiting for the water to clear.
This small upgrade makes a massive difference in how much you enjoy using your new bathroom setup every day.
Do not forget about secondary safety features like strategically placed grab bars and textured slip-resistant floors.
These simple additions provide extra points of contact so you always feel steady on your feet.
Our team will help you position these accessories exactly where your hands naturally reach for support.
Investing in your physical security at home is one of the smartest decisions you can make for your future.
Rather than waiting for an accidental fall to force your hand, you can take control of your independence right now.
Our dedicated crew is ready to visit your home in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, to provide a detailed, no-obligation project estimate.
We take the time to answer all your questions about plumbing adjustments, electrical hookups, and tub dimensions.
This straightforward conversation helps you make an informed choice without any stress or confusing sales jargon.
You deserve to feel completely secure and relaxed in your own home every single day.
To get started, simply reach out to us to schedule your convenient home visit.
We will look over your current layout and design a custom plan that fits your lifestyle perfectly.
Let us help you transform your bathroom into a sanctuary of safety and daily rejuvenation.
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 Tunkhannock.
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