Can I buy an Ella walk-in tub without the standard jetting package?

Yes. An Ella walk-in tub is assembled and tested for your order, and the therapy package is one of the choices your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850 confirms before the build starts, so a tub can be ordered as a soaking tub with no jetting package. Ella's electrical guidance describes exactly that configuration: a soaking tub with no pumps, whose only electrical item is the optional heated seat and backrest. What Comes With Your Walk-In Tub Order: Faucet, End Panel, Grab Bars, Drains and What Your Plumber Supplies lists what arrives in the crate, and this page explains what a soaking tub leaves out, what it keeps, and what changes for your electrician.

What a Soaking Tub Is, and What It Is Not

A soaking tub is the walk-in tub itself, with its door, seat, faucet and drains, but without a hydro massage or air massage system. There is no water pump, no blower, no in-line heater and no jet plumbing behind the apron. The only electrical item that can be on a soaking tub is the heated seat and backrest, and only if you add it to the order.

It is not a lesser product line. The grab bars, the faucet on models that include one, the drain assembly and the end panel are listed as part of every tub order rather than as part of a therapy package. What the jetted packages add is the equipment that moves water or air and the controls that run it. Leave those out and the tub still fills and drains by gravity the same way a jetted tub does.

What Still Comes in the Crate

A soaking tub ships as a complete, factory-assembled package. Your plumber supplies only the PVC couplings and pipe to tie into the house drain and water supply. On a model that includes a faucet, the crate holds:

• The tub, fully assembled and tested before it is crated.
• An Ella fast-fill deck-mount faucet, your choice of the 2-piece or 5-piece set at order time. The pull-out hand shower is part of the faucet set, which is why it does not appear as a separate accessory on your paperwork.
• The grab bar or bars specified for the model, in a chrome finish.
• The drain assembly, single or dual depending on the model, with the drain openers.
• One end panel for the exposed short end.

The LayDown family is the exception on the faucet. The LayDown60 is never sold with a factory faucet and needs a customer-supplied one, while the LayDown72 is faucet-ready and offers the Ella deck-mount fast-fill faucets as an option. A jetted order also ships with push controls or the digital control for the therapies ordered. With no therapies, there are no massage controls on the deck. The heated seat and backrest, a shower column or a second end panel appear as their own lines if you add them.

Soaking Tub and Jetting Packages Compared

Every piece of equipment you drop also drops a control from the deck and, in most cases, a dedicated circuit from the electrician's list. A soaking tub with nothing electrical has no pump cords to route and no massage buttons to learn, which can matter for a bather with limited vision or dexterity. A soaking tub with the heated seat keeps one 15 amp line. Add hydro or air and you are back to a dedicated 20 amp GFCI line per cord, and the jet count then depends on the model and package, with the current spec sheet as the authority. The digital keypad never enters the picture on a soaking tub, because it is offered only with a combination of jetting systems such as air plus hydro and cannot be fitted even to a hydro-only tub. Digital Keypad or Push Buttons: Which Therapies It Controls and Which Is Easier to Use explains which controls go with which package.

Why the Model's Standard Configuration Matters

Some models are described with a jetting package as their shipping configuration. The Ella Standard ships as a hydro massage configuration: 18 hydro jets with the pump and in-line heater, a push control with intensity dial, the 5-piece Ella fast-fill faucet with pull-out hand shower, and one 2-inch gravity floor drain with overflow and emergency pull-up chain. That is why a soaking order should be stated plainly rather than assumed. Say "soaking tub, no jetting package" and ask that the order paperwork show it that way. Your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850 confirms whether the model you have chosen is offered as a soaking tub, because the shipping configuration is set model by model. Where can I buy an Ella walk-in tub or see one in person? walks through the full list of choices that shape an order.

What a Soaking Tub Means for Your Electrician

Jetted Ella tubs are plug-in, never hardwired. Each labeled pump or heater line plugs into its own dedicated, GFCI-protected 20 amp outlet on ordinary 120 volt power, placed inside or directly behind the equipment compartment under the seat so every factory cord reaches without an extension. Where to Put the Outlet: Seat-Side Placement, Cord Reach, the 20 Amp Receptacle, GFCI Under the Tub, and the Three Foot Rule covers that layout, including the rule that other appliances stay at least 3 feet away and the compartment is never insulated.

A soaking tub changes the list in two ways:

1. With the heated seat and backrest as the only electrical item, the tub needs a 15 amp, 120 volt line, because there are no pumps. Plan that outlet in the same seat-side location so the cord reaches.
2. With no electrical options at all, there are no pump or heater cords in the compartment. Confirm the exact requirement for your model and options on the spec sheet and the jetting packages tab before rough-in, rather than planning from a jetted tub's figures.

The plumbing side does not change. Your plumber connects the faucet supply lines and the gravity drain exactly as on a jetted tub.

How to Place a Soaking Tub Order

1. Choose the model for your bathroom and for the person who will bathe in it.
2. Choose the door side, which follows your house plumbing.
3. State the therapy package as none, a soaking tub, and decide whether to add the heated seat and backrest.
4. Choose the 2-piece or 5-piece faucet set on a faucet-equipped model, or plan the customer-supplied faucet on a LayDown60.
5. Add any accessories, such as a second end panel when both short ends of the tub will be open to the room.

Once those are confirmed, the tub is assembled and tested for your order in Chicago and shipped nationwide. Total time from paid invoice to delivery varies by model, options and stock, so the team confirms current timing for your specific order rather than quoting a date.

Related Guides

• Soaking-Only Walk-In Tubs: No Jets, No Pumps, No Electrical
• Does a Soaking Walk-In Tub Need Electrical Wiring or Keep the Water Warm?
• Can Hydro or Air Jets Be Added to an Ella Soaking Tub Later?

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