Excel Shower & Bath
Accessible Bathrooms
Safety that still looks like home. Walk-in tubs, low-threshold showers, built-in benches, and grab bars that hold — without the hospital look.
Staying in your home shouldn't mean fighting your bathroom every day. An accessible bathroom is about safety that still looks like home — the features that make daily use easier, set into a room that looks like a remodel, not a hospital.
The centerpiece for a lot of folks is the Bath Concepts Alexa walk-in tub: a watertight door with a low step-in, a built-in seat so you sit before you fill, and easy-reach controls. Step in through the door instead of climbing over a high wall, sit down, and soak. For people who'd rather shower, we build low-threshold showers with built-in benches you can sit on and hand-held sprayers you can reach from the seat.
The piece that makes all of it safe is the hardware. We anchor Moen grab bars — the ADA-rated bars are rated to hold 500 lbs — into the wall while it's open, so they hold solid instead of pulling loose. We can add anti-scald Moen valves so the water can't surge hot. We don't call a whole bathroom ADA-compliant — the 500-lb rating is on the grab bars themselves — but we plan the room so the safety is real and the look is still yours. We've been remodeling baths in south-suburb homes since 1982, and our crew handles your job start to finish.
Your options
Bath Concepts Alexa walk-in tub
A watertight door with a low step-in, a built-in seat, and easy-reach controls — step in through the door instead of over a high wall. Carries a Limited Lifetime product warranty.
Low-threshold walk-in shower
A low-step shower with a seamless Onyx solid-surface surround and a built-in bench, so getting in and washing seated is easy. Low-threshold, not zero-threshold.
Moen grab bars (ADA-rated, 500 lbs)
ADA-rated grab bars rated to hold 500 lbs, anchored into the wall while it's open so they hold solid. Set right where you need them.
Anti-scald valves & hand-held sprayer
Anti-scald Moen valves so the water can't surge hot, plus a hand-held sprayer you can reach from a seated position.
BRANDS WE INSTALL
How we do business
From first call to final walk-through
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Free in-home consultation
We come to your home, measure, and talk through the walk-in tub, low-threshold shower, seat height, and grab-bar placement for how you actually move. A clear written proposal — no pressure.
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Order & build
Your tub or shower, surround, and safety hardware are ordered to fit your space. This usually takes a few weeks.
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Install
Our crew handles it start to finish, including the plumbing. We anchor the grab bars solid and seal the door or surround.
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Walk-through
We clean up, show you how the door, drain, valves, and bars work, and stand behind the job.
REAL EXCEL BATHROOMS
Accessible Bathrooms — finished projects
Real Excel installs in the south suburbs — swipe, or use the arrow buttons.
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Accessible Bathrooms — common questions
What's the Bath Concepts Alexa walk-in tub?
It's a tub with a watertight door on the side, so you step in through a low opening instead of climbing over a high wall. You sit on a built-in seat, close the door, and fill it up, with easy-reach controls. When you're done you let it drain and step back out. It carries a Limited Lifetime product warranty from Bath Concepts.
Is this bathroom ADA-compliant?
We're careful here: the Moen grab bars we install are ADA-rated and rated to hold 500 lbs, but we don't call a whole bathroom ADA-compliant. We plan the room so the safety features are real and placed for how you move — the rating is on the bars themselves.
Can you do a low step or a curbless entry?
We build low-threshold showers, which take a small step instead of a big lift over a tub wall. That covers most needs and keeps water where it belongs. We'll talk through what works for your space at the consultation.
Do I have to wait while a walk-in tub fills and drains?
A little — you sit down before you fill and stay seated until it drains. Many models have a faster drain to cut that wait. We'll show you the timing at the consultation.
How strong are the grab bars, really?
The ADA-rated Moen bars are rated to hold 500 lbs, and we anchor them into the wall framing while it's open — not into drywall. That's the difference between a bar that holds and one that pulls loose.
Can you keep it from looking like a hospital?
That's the whole idea — safety that still looks like home. The walk-in tub, the bench, and the grab bars come in finishes that read like a normal remodel, not medical equipment. It still looks like your bathroom.
What's the warranty?
The Bath Concepts walk-in tub carries a Limited Lifetime product warranty, the other manufacturers warrant their products, and Excel warrants the labor for 5 years. The specifics are written into your contract — read them, and ask us anything.
Ready When You Are
Let's talk about your accessible bathrooms.
A free, no-pressure in-home consultation. We bring the product samples, measure what we need to measure, and leave you with a clear written proposal — not a sales pitch.
