Walk In Tubs & Roll In Showers in Texas, Installed in a Day

Texas homes and the bathrooms in them

Texas bathrooms are overwhelmingly slab-on-grade brick homes from the 1970s onward, plus pier-and-beam bungalows in older neighborhoods, a very large manufactured-home stock, and huge 55-plus communities around Georgetown, Denton and Houston.

That matters because a walk in tub is chosen for the room as much as the bather. A standard 60 inch alcove takes the Hydro Dimensions 3060, Meditub 3060 or Ella Ultimate as a drop-in replacement, with factory extension panels closing any gap. A cramped bath with a 45 to 53 inch space takes the HD 2645 or Ella Mobile. A bathroom that will be used from a wheelchair is often better served by a Bestbath 60 x 30 roll in shower than by any tub, and we will say so on the first call.

Weather, water and skin

Heat and humidity on the coast, dry heat out west; mildew in grout is the Gulf Coast complaint and hard water scaling is the inland one. Winter freezes like 2021 make freeze-protected supply runs worth it even here.

Hard water across most of the state, very hard in San Antonio, Austin and West Texas; scale-tolerant faucet, hydro flush cycle, and often a softener.

Permits and code in Texas

Texas adopts the IRC statewide for cities, with unincorporated county land largely unregulated; Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth and El Paso require plumbing permits for a tub replacement, pulled by a state-licensed plumber. HOA approval is common in planned communities.

Either way, our crews pull what is required, install to the manufacturer's spec, and leave the paperwork with you. Our showers are ADA and ANSI A117.1 code-compliant models when that is what the job calls for, and every install is fill-tested with the door closed before we leave.

Paying for it in Texas

Texas STAR+PLUS can fund minor home modifications for eligible members; the Texas Health and Human Services aging services and the 28 Area Agencies on Aging handle applications, and 2-1-1 Texas is the statewide line.

Veterans: the VA HISA grant pays up to $6,800 (service-connected) or $2,000 toward a walk in tub or roll in shower, filed through Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (Houston) or the VA North Texas Health Care System (Dallas). Build the itemized estimate the reviewer wants in four minutes with our planner. Everyone else: monthly financing, senior and veteran discounts on every order, and an itemized written price with no in-home sales visit. Medicare rarely pays, and we say so up front.

Install day in Texas, hour by hour

The crew arrives with the tub, the wall system and every fitting on the truck. Old tub out and hauled away, subfloor checked, drain and supplies roughed in, tub set dead level on its feet, connected, filled with the door closed for twenty minutes, walls and trim finished, then a walkthrough with the bather so the door latch, drain lever and controls are second nature before we leave. Full install-day guide →

Texas by the numbers

Texas has the second-largest population over 65 in the country and seven VA health care systems, which makes it our second-busiest state for walk in tub and roll in shower installs after Florida. Bathroom injuries send more than 230,000 Americans to the emergency room each year according to the CDC, and a large share happen climbing over a tub wall. A 3 to 7 inch threshold, a built-in seat and a grab bar are designed to reduce that risk when the tub is installed and used properly.