What are the Ultimate 30x60 dimensions and will it fit my doorway?

The Ella Ultimate 30x60 measures 29 5/8 inches wide, 59 1/2 inches long and 35 3/4 inches high on its current spec sheet, with a 21 inch seat, a 220 pound net weight and a 95 gallon unoccupied capacity. The only figure that has to clear a doorway is that 29 5/8 inch width, because the tub travels upright or stood on its end and never on its side, so a doorway passes the Ultimate when its clear opening is wider than 29 5/8 inches and does not when the opening is at or below it. Will a walk-in tub fit through my bathroom door or need widening? covers the whole lineup, and this page gathers every published Ultimate figure in one place and works through the doorway question for this one model.

Every Published Ultimate Figure in One Place

The size in the model name is a rounded nominal figure. The spec sheet prints the actual size as 29 5/8 by 59 1/2 by 35 3/4 inches, and those are the numbers to hold against your doorways and your alcove. The interior figures come from the Ella comparison chart and the model guides. The Ultimate video on this page presents the tub for larger bathers and rounds some figures differently, quoting 47 inches of interior length, a 15.5 inch seat length, a 21.5 inch seat width and 15 inches of soaking depth. Where the video and the chart disagree, the spec sheet and the chart govern, which is the same rule Ella Lounger 27x59 vs Ultimate 30x60: which suits a tall bather? applies when it sets the two 60 inch tubs side by side.

Read together, the figures say the Ultimate is a full-length tub at a conventional width. The 59 1/2 inch length is what fills a 60 inch space, the 29 5/8 inch width is the same doorway class as the 30 inch Elite and Capri, and the 35 3/4 inch height puts it in the mid-height group of Ella's stainless-door tubs rather than with the 39 and 40 inch models. The occupied capacity range is wide because a larger bather displaces more water, so the tub holds less when a bigger person sits in it.

Why the Ultimate Cannot Go Through a Doorway on Its Side

A walk-in tub is a tall, narrow box rather than a flat tray. The Ultimate stands 35 3/4 inches high, so it moves through a house upright on its feet or stood on its end, and in both positions the dimension passing between the door jambs is the 29 5/8 inch width of the shell. Laying it on its side swaps that width for the height, and 35 3/4 inches is the larger of the two figures, so turning the tub onto its side makes the fit worse rather than better. On its side the Ultimate would need a clear opening wider than 35 3/4 inches, which a 30 inch doorway cannot provide.

Standing the tub on its end is a different matter. It shortens the length you have to swing around a tight hallway corner, which is often the real pinch point, but it does not make the tub any narrower, so it helps at a turn and does nothing for a narrow doorway. The video on this page shows the tub itself and the figures it is presented with, and the doorway guide explains where the actual dimensions live: open the Ultimate product page, click the download tab, and the spec sheet lists them.

Checking a 30 Inch Doorway Against 29 5/8 Inches

Because the margin between a 30 inch door and a 29 5/8 inch tub is a fraction of an inch, the size a door was sold as is not enough to go on. The figure that decides it is the clear width of the opening, so measure it with the door swung fully open, and do the same at every doorway, hallway and turn between the street and the bathroom, since the tub has to pass all of them, not only the bathroom door.

1. Measure the clear opening of each doorway and the width of each hallway on the route, in inches, and write them down.
2. Compare each figure with 29 5/8 inches. The Ultimate passes an opening that is wider than that and does not pass one that is at or below it.
3. Uncrate the tub before the tight spots. The shipping size is 33 by 63 by 47 inches, so the crate is wider than the tub and should never be the thing you try to fit through a door. Save all packaging material until you have inspected the tub for shipping damage.
4. Take off the removable front apron with its two access panels and the reversible end panel so the shell travels at its own size.
5. Move the tub upright, or on its end at a corner, never on its side.

If a clear opening comes in at or below 29 5/8 inches, the choice is to widen that opening or to choose a narrower model. Ella's actual widths run from 26 inches on the Mobile to 32 inches on the Monaco and the Front Entry, and the narrow full-length alternative to the Ultimate is the Lounger at 27 inches wide, which the comparison article above sets against the Ultimate measure by measure. What are the standard dimensions of a walk-in tub? tables the verified widths across the line.

Height, Seat and Depth Inside the Bathroom

At 35 3/4 inches the Ultimate is a little taller than the 35 inch Petite and Elite and well below the 39 inch Deluxe and the 40 inch Lounger, the tallest exterior in the line. How Tall Are Walk-In Tubs Compared to Standard Tubs? explains why that height is depth rather than an obstacle: you step through the door over a low threshold and sit on a molded seat with the water up your chest. Check the 35 3/4 inch figure against any window sill, shelf or fixture on the wall where the tub will stand.

Depth in a seated tub is the distance from the top of the seat to the overflow, and the comparison chart gives the Ultimate 18 1/2 inches there, with 15 inches from the seat down to the footwell. A tall bather with a long torso sits higher in the water than a shorter bather on the same seat, which is why the video says a bather's own size determines the soaking depth. The seat is 21 inches wide and 16 inches long, and the footwell is 19 by 21 inches.

Two more spec-sheet details matter to the installer. The door is an inward swinging brushed stainless steel door with frosted tempered glass. The tub drains through two 2 inch T-type dual port floor drains, each with four 2 inch ports, so the drain pipe can run in either direction with caps on the unused ports, and all of the therapy equipment, including the separate pump that runs the independent foot and calf massage, connects to dedicated GFCI protected 110/120V circuits. Your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850 can send the full spec sheet and the electrical diagram for the therapy package you choose.

Watch: Ella's Ultimate Walk-In Tub: The Luxury Walk-In Tub | Ella's Bubbles with chapters and a full transcript.

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