What else works besides a walk-in tub for an aging parent?
Walk-in showers and other ways to remove the tub-wall climb, explained for families in Lakewood Ranch, FL.
Your mother or father in Lakewood Ranch has started to dread the tub. Maybe you have seen them hold the sink to swing a leg over the side. A walk-in tub keeps coming up, but you want to know what else would take that climb away before anyone decides.
The hard part is not the water. It is the high side of the tub, which means one leg up and over while the other holds all the weight on a wet floor. Any good alternative gets rid of that step. A walk-in tub does it with a door. A walk-in shower does it with a low or barrier-free entry and no tub at all. For someone who mostly showers, that second route is worth a close look.
The usual options are a walk-in shower, a tub-to-shower conversion, or a new shower with safety features like a built-in seat and grab bars. Each is priced at home. The size and layout of the space, the base and wall choices, the fixture finish and the extras set the number. A conversion keeps the work on the tub area only, so the rest of the bathroom is left as it is.
This week, ask your parent what feels hardest: the step, standing, or getting up. Write down their answers. Then call Love Your Bath and set up a design visit, with all homeowners there. The designer will listen to your parent and to you, then build a custom plan with options and a free quote. Its own crews do most installs, and its installers are primarily W-2 employees.
Once it is in, your parent walks into the shower instead of climbing, sits on a built-in seat and holds a grab bar placed where it helps. Rebecca P. wrote, "We converted our garden tub to a huge walk-in shower." That one change can make the bathroom comfortable to use again.
What people in Lakewood Ranch say
"We converted our garden tub to a huge walk-in shower. The men who did the conversion were very good. Matt and Philip were professional, efficient, and friendly. They did an excellent job. They were respectful of our property and made certain we were happy with their work before they left. So happy with our new shower."
"Great experience, chose them due to Jacuzzi and Costco reputation. They kept us up to date on the entire process including the permitting. Installation was great, Angie did a great job. Very friendly and organized, did exactly what was planned and paid for including cleanup. Couldn't be happier."
"Great job and finished install in one day. Very professional installers and great communication."
Other things people in Lakewood Ranch ask
cost to remove a bathtub and make a walk-in shower
We take out the tub and put in a low-threshold or barrier-free shower in the same space, so you are not paying to move walls or plumbing in most homes. You pick the base, walls, seat and grab bars with a designer at home and get a free quote for the whole job.
least expensive way to replace a shower
The lowest-cost way to get a real new shower is to replace just the shower: a new base and wall system installed over a cleaned-out space, with no full gut. That is what we do with Jacuzzi® shower systems, and most jobs take as little as one day.
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Love Your Bath handles walk-in showers in Lakewood Ranch and the area around it.