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“Cut” your tub? Why this easy, inexpensive

project can add serious home safety

One Day Bath’s TubcuT adds convenience
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and protection for all ages

By Shannon Sigafoos of The Morning Call

W hen was the last time you faced the need for a home project

that you knew would absolutely solve your problem and also go

easy on your wallet?

For most homeowners, there’s usually an endless list WELCOME TO THE NOVEL IDEA
of modifications and renovations that we need to make OF THE TUBCUT .
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as both we and our homes age. And if you’re like most If a person has difficulty lifting his or her legs over
people, you put off projects that have more to do with a traditional tub wall, then a portion of that tub wall
your own safety or comfort. But chances are, you or can actually be cut and removed, then refinished.
The Morning Call and pains, arthritis, bad knees, foot or ankle problems, The cutout reduces the lift required to step or
someone you know has had to deal with everyday aches
swing one’s legs into the tub, and instead turns
a handicap or overall mobility problems, aging in place,
it into a walk-in shower. The modification can be

falls in the bathtub.
| acting as a caregiver, or general worries about slip and done in less than one day. Even better? The cut
portion of the tub can be saved, and the project
Sunday, November 28, 2021 the thought to the back of your mind because you’re not lose value.
You’ve probably already heard that there are ways
can be reversed if you want to sell your home and
to make your bathtub more accessible, but pushed
“We can do this without disturbing the plumbing or
worried about how long your bathroom is going to be
making a big deal of construction. We’re in and out of
out of commission, the cost of the project, and even if
there in half a day, and then the customer is using their
having your bathtub modified is actually going to serve

6 its intended purpose. shower and their bathroom again by the next morning,”