Climbing over the tub is getting hard. Is a walk-in tub the only fix?
Other ways to stop climbing into the tub, walk-in showers among them, for homes in Spring Hill, FL.
Lifting a leg over the tub wall used to be nothing, and now it takes a hand on the counter and a little nerve. Someone in your Spring Hill home may have floated the idea of a walk-in tub. Before you settle on one, know that it is not the only way to get rid of that climb.
The trouble is the height of the tub wall. You lift one leg high, shift your weight, and set your foot down on a wet surface. A walk-in tub is one answer, with a door you open and a seat inside, but you still sit in it and fill it to bathe. If what you really want is a safe place to shower, there are other routes.
Three other choices remove the climb. A walk-in shower gives you a low or barrier-free entry. A tub-to-shower conversion takes the tub out and puts a shower in its place. A built-in seat and grab bars give you somewhere to sit and something solid to hold. Cost for any of them follows the size and layout of the space, the base, the walls, the fixture finish, and the extras you pick.
Sit down with the person who uses that bath and talk through what is hard right now. Is it the step in, the standing, or finding something to hold? Bring that list to the visit. Love Your Bath sends a designer to your home who listens and builds a custom plan with options and a free quote. All homeowners are asked to be present for it.
With the tub wall gone, the shower can have a seat for washing and grab bars right where your hands reach. One Spring Hill shower from 2024 has herringbone walls, Brushed Nickel fixtures and an open entry with no door. R5 S. wrote after a tub to shower conversion: "we're looking forward to how much easier it'll be to get in and out of the shower safely."
What people in Spring Hill say
"Love our new walk-in shower from Love Your Bath! Our installer, Angie, was super nice to all our family - even our dog!"
"Connected with them via Costco. The installer was prompt, courteous and professional. Sales guy Derrick knows his stuff, very helpful. Ditto the support people. I wish I had been asked about shower head options - the standard fixed head is right out of the “Best Western” playbook. I’m capable of switching out their head with a more sophisticated individualized one, so this does not put a dent in my happiness level, these things happen. Now, if I can sell that installed, slightly used shower head to Best Western or Motel 6, or Bates Motel…awesome!"
"Jean Santiago just finished our tub to shower conversion. He did an absolutely fabulous job and we're looking forward to how much easier it'll be to get in and out of the shower safely."
Other things people in Spring Hill 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 Spring Hill and the area around it.