Hot Tub Forum

Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: bsmither on May 17, 2012, 01:06:32 pm

Title: Walk-in Hot Tub!
Post by: bsmither on May 17, 2012, 01:06:32 pm
I have just started a bathroom project that will replace a Japanese Soaking Tub with a walk-in tub (to accommodate a disabled person who cannot ingress and egress a tub normally).

Many walk-in tubs also offer water/air jets (hydrotherapy?).

What I am looking for is a "hot tub" with a walk-in side door. I have found the JACUZZI® FINESTRA™ 6042 MODEL (EXTRA WIDE) (image can be seen at Independent Living USA).

If I am going to make this expenditure, I might as well get a real-nice (or nice as possible) "hot tub-ish" walk-in tub.

Has anyone any suggestions?
Title: Re: Walk-in Hot Tub!
Post by: Chas on May 17, 2012, 01:16:52 pm
Regular hot tub and a lift.

(http://www.amerimerc.com/pImages/main/Handy_Lift.m.jpg)

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Title: Re: Walk-in Hot Tub!
Post by: bsmither on May 17, 2012, 03:51:26 pm
Thank you for the reply, but no. Replacing the Japanese Soaker with a regular hot tub isn't worth the effort or expense. Nor is the disabled person (85 year-old mother-in-law with two hip replacements and a future knee replacement who is funding this whole thing) going to accept the hoist/sling/lift concept.
Title: Re: Walk-in Hot Tub!
Post by: TwinCitiesHotSpring on May 19, 2012, 12:52:10 pm
Thank you for the reply, but no. Replacing the Japanese Soaker with a regular hot tub isn't worth the effort or expense. Nor is the disabled person (85 year-old mother-in-law with two hip replacements and a future knee replacement who is funding this whole thing) going to accept the hoist/sling/lift concept.

have your priced those walk-in tubs? sometimes they can be far more expensive after installation and everything involved that a portable spa, not to mention weak on the hydrotherapy end of it vs portable options
Title: Re: Walk-in Hot Tub!
Post by: bsmither on May 19, 2012, 05:18:15 pm
Yes, I have priced the walk-in tubs.

Can a portable spa accommodate a person who cannot ingress and egress a tub normally? How does a portable spa function as a bath tub?