Cambridge Walk In Tub Installation

A walk in bathtub is a type of bathtub that allows users to walk straight into the tub from the bathroom floor. This is designed for individuals who have difficulty climbing into and out of the conventional kind of bathtub, hence mitigating a significant portion of the risks associated with slipping and falling. 

This is achieved by the bathtub design having more vertical parts instead of more horizontal area, as is typical with a bathtub. Because you won't have to stand while you bathe in a walk-in tub, your legs will be subjected to less stress, and the footholds and handlebars typically included in these tubs are only the beginning.

Who Needs Cambridge Walk In Tub Installation?

Although anyone can benefit from a walk-in tub, it was developed especially for:

• People of advanced age who have trouble entering or exiting the tub.
• Those in bodily pain, such as injured athletes or those who have recently competed.
• People who have trouble walking, balancing, or controlling their bodies independently.
• People experiencing skin or health concerns requiring hydrotherapy.
• People who are overweight finding it difficult to use a standard bathtub.

What Are the Types of Cambridge Walk In Tubs?

Walk-in soak

A walk-in soaking tub is a bathtub that is deeper enough for your torso and lower body to be fully soaked while resting on a bench built into the tub itself. This walk-in tub style does not have any air or water jets, but it does provide all of the essential elements of a standard walk-in tub.

Aerotherapy

The only difference between the standard walk-in tub and an aromatherapy walk-in tub is the air bubbles in the water, which delivers a soothing massage to certain body parts. The therapeutic effect that the air bubbles give helps to ease any aches, spasms, tightness, or pain that the muscles may cause.

Hydrotherapy

A hydrotherapy walk-in bathtub provides a therapeutic massage to ease painful muscle soreness by positioning water jets strategically to deliver a massage in those critical locations.

Bariatric tub

A bariatric walk-in tub is specially constructed to serve individuals weighing up to 300 pounds, bringing the tub's total capacity up to 600 pounds. The design features an expanded door and a larger seat; both are intended to accommodate the greater weight.

Wheelchair Accessible Tub

Wheelchair-accessible bathtubs are constructed with wheelchairs in mind, giving a wider door, a lower threshold, and a chair-height seat next to the door. This reduces the user's danger of falling when transferring to the seat and makes the bathtub wheelchair accessible.

What Are the Benefits of Cambridge Walk In Tub Installation?

Water depth

The maximum depth of water that can be accommodated in a regular bathtub is 13 to 14 inches, whereas walk-in bathtubs can accommodate depths of up to 48 inches. The seats are positioned 17 inches above the water, leaving roughly over 20 inches of depth for individuals to submerge themselves. This depth also pays off in other ways, as many types of walk-in bathtubs are equipped with hydrotherapy jets and options for heated chairs.

Features to prevent injuries from tripping or sliding

Those over the age of 65 need to have bathtubs that reduce the risk of falling within the tub; hence the primary objective of these bathtubs is to achieve this goal. This is achieved by incorporating built-in handrails, anti-slip flooring, steps, and contoured seating into the area's design. Combining all of these factors with a low height for entry means there is less space in which you could trip and damage yourself.

Varied features

Walk-in bathtubs enjoy extra features, including anti-scald valves, add-on handrails, built-in seating, and non-slip flooring, all in one convenient package. This is in contrast to most bathtubs on the market, which only offer a few of these features. 

Investing in a walk-in bathtub is a far more cost-effective option than buying all of these amenities separately and attempting to add them to an established bathtub, even though investing in a walk-in bathtub may appear to be quite pricey.

Health benefits

This tub is very similar to a hot tub in that you are submerged up to your torso. Many medical conditions, from muscle soreness to burns and ulcers, respond well to a soak in warm water. Many modern walk-in bathtubs come equipped with jets that deliver hydrotherapy, which massages and relaxes the body for improved muscle health.

What Are the Cons of Cambridge Walk In Tub Installation?

Temperature

The inability to actively regulate the temperature of the water is the main drawback of walk-in baths. Traditional bathtubs require only the turning on of hot water and your return once it is full. If the water is too hot to enter immediately, there is no major inconvenience in waiting for it to cool down. 

Because of the unique construction of walk-in tubs, the water won't start running until the user sits within and the door is closed. This implies that bringing the temperature down from a blistering high can take a while. Due to the significant risk of injury, it is strongly suggested that an anti-scald valve be installed.

Installation cost

Walk-in baths come with an abundance of useful features, but purchasing one will save you a significant amount of money. Because the majority are normally rather huge, this indicates that your costs to install them will most likely be extremely significant.

Conclusion

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