Basements Accessible Bathrooms

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What's involved

The process
How it worksPhone call, assessment, build The four daysMonday to Thursday, day by day The assessmentNinety minutes, $497, credited

Working it out
Walk-in tub or walk-in shower?An honest comparison Which kind of company?Five options, three point elsewhere For occupational therapistsBuild spec and clearances A main floor bedroom and bathroomWhen the stairs are the real problem

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Can her bathroom be converted?
Six questions, two minutes, free. You get a straight read on which option fits and what could get in the way.
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A low-step walk-in shower takes four working days. Curbless takes seven, and a full accessible bathroom eight to ten. You are told which one before you commit to anything.
Prices

The four options
Safety package — $2,800One day, the tub stays Low-step walk-in shower — $16,500Four days, tub out

Curbless walk-in shower — $21,500Seven days, no step at all Full accessible bathroom — $26,500Eight to ten days, to the studs Main floor bedroom and bathroom$55,000 to $68,000, when the stairs are the problem

Money you get back
Up to $3,000, with no income test.
The Home Accessibility Tax Credit gives 15% back on up to $20,000 of eligible work. Most families qualify.
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Every price covers a bathroom up to 40 square feet — the standard five by eight layout. A larger ensuite is quoted after the assessment.
Money you get back

No income test
Home Accessibility Tax CreditUp to $3,000 back Multigenerational Renovation CreditUp to $7,500, refundable Veterans Independence ProgramIf a parent or spouse served

Income and asset tested
Ontario RenovatesDelivered by Durham Region Ontario Disability Support ProgramWhere a parent already receives ODSP

Before you apply
Work started before written approval is not eligible.
Not the assessment, not the deposit, not day one of demolition. This is the mistake that costs families the most.
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Learning Centre

Before you decide
Walk-in tub or walk-in shower?An honest comparison Which kind of company should we hire?Five options, three point elsewhere What it costs, and whyFour published prices

All the articles
Accessible bathroom articlesEverything, newest first Money you get backCredits, grants and the deadline trap For occupational therapistsBuild spec and clearances A main floor bedroom and bathroomWhen the stairs are the real problem

Short on time
Don’t read six articles. Answer six questions.
Two minutes and you will know which walk-in shower her bathroom can take, roughly what it costs, and what might get in the way.
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Written for the person arranging this — usually a son or daughter, usually at night. Plain answers, real numbers, and the parts other contractors leave out.
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Can my mother’s bathroom become a walk-in shower?

Six questions, two minutes. You’ll find out which walk-in shower option fits, roughly what it costs, how long it takes, and whether anything is likely to get in the way.

Mother, father, husband, wife, or your own bathroom. The questions are the same.

Straight answer · Including if it’s no · Durham Region & Toronto

Question 1 of 6

What’s the problem right now?

Whatever made you start looking into this.

Question 2 of 6

How many bathrooms are in the house?

This decides more than anything else on the list. Count a basement powder room if there is one.

Question 3 of 6

How wide is the bathroom door?

Measure the opening with the door open, not the frame. If you’d rather not measure, that’s fine.

Question 4 of 6

Where is the bathroom in the house?

What’s underneath the floor decides whether a curbless entry is possible.

Question 5 of 6

Roughly when was the house built?

Homes built before 1990 need an asbestos test before anything is demolished. We do that at the assessment and pay the lab.

Question 6 of 6

When would you want this done?

An honest answer here gets you a more useful result.

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Your result appears on the next screen. We’ll also email a copy so you can forward it to a brother or sister, which is usually the next conversation.

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