Tub getting hard to step into? Look past the walk-in tub first
Walk-in showers, conversions, seats and grab bars, laid out plainly for Venice, FL homeowners.
You can still get in the tub. It just takes longer now, and you grip the edge harder than you used to. Venice, the City on the Gulf, has a median resident age of 69.8 years. If you live here and a walk-in tub is the only answer you have heard, know that there are other ways to end that climb.
The problem is not the water. It is the tub wall, and lifting a leg over it onto a slick surface. A walk-in tub fixes that with a door that opens and seals shut. It is not the only fix. A walk-in shower has a low or barrier-free entry, so you simply step in. A tub-to-shower conversion takes the tub out and puts a Jacuzzi® shower in its place. A built-in seat and grab bars add a place to rest and something steady to hold.
Which way you go changes what gets quoted. A walk-in shower is priced on the size and layout of the space, the base, the walls and their finish, the fixtures, and extras like a seat, shelves or grab bars. A walk-in tub is priced on the tub size and the accessibility and wellness features you choose. Either way, the work stays on the tub or shower, and your floor and vanity are not touched. You see the full number in your home, with product and installation in one free quote.
Before anyone comes out, think about how you bathe now. Do you soak, or only shower? Do you need to sit? Who else uses that bathroom? With those answers in hand, call Love Your Bath for a design visit in Venice. A designer comes to the house, listens to what you want, and builds a custom plan with options and a free quote. All homeowners are asked to be there, so pick a day when all of you are home. c R. wrote that the installer "informed me of everything that was to be done."
Once the climb is gone, getting clean is a normal part of the day again. You walk in, sit if you want, and keep a hand on a bar. Jim K. in a review that names Venice, was pleased with the removal of an old tiled shower with glass doors and the new acrylic walls and floor pan that went in.
What people in Venice say
"J Westfall provided an amazing install experience on my tub to walk in shower. He arrived on time, informed me of everything that was to be done, explained the operation when finished and made sure I was perfectly satisfied. I highly recommend."
"They where very professional, thorough, and pleasant. I would highly recommend them as they are efficient and reliable."
"As advertised and agreed to, Love Your Bath was an excellent choice for my wife and I. The two gentlemen were extremely professional and very meticulous in their work.Enthusiastically recommend LOVE YOUR BATH to anyone."
Other things people in Venice 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 Venice and the area around it.