Does Ella Sell a Center-Door Walk-In Tub Without Any Jets?

Yes. Ella's LayDown walk-in tubs have a centered, inward-swinging tempered glass door, and both sizes can be ordered as soaking tubs with no jets at all. The LayDown60 is the 30 by 60 inch size and the LayDown72 is the 32 by 72 inch size, and each one comes with a single therapy or none: air massage, hydro massage, MicroBubble therapy, or soaking only. For a plain-language picture of the Ella lineup, start with Ella's Bubbles Walk-In Tubs: A General Overview; this page covers the center-door soaking configuration specifically, what it includes, what you plan around it, and how the warranty and parts work on a tub with no jetting system.

Which Ella Tubs Have a Center Door

The center door belongs to the LayDown family. On the LayDown60 and the LayDown72 the tempered glass door is set in the middle of the side wall of the tub and swings inward. That center placement leaves extra deck space at both ends, which is why the LayDown tubs can take an optional folding glass screen when a shower is part of the plan. Both sizes share the same door design and the same list of therapy choices, so the decision between them is about the size of your alcove and the faucet, which is covered below.

If what you picture is a door at the end of the tub rather than in its side, that is a different model. The Front Entry belongs to Ella's U-shape outward-swing family, with an outward-swinging door made of plastic composite and tempered glass and a 3-latch gear and shaft mechanism. The sources for this page cover the LayDown soaking configuration, so for the Front Entry's therapy choices, ask your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850 and name the model.

What Soaking Only Means on a LayDown

A LayDown comes with one therapy at a time. Choose air massage, hydro massage or MicroBubble therapy and the tub carries that one system. Choose soaking only and the tub ships with no jets and no therapy controls at all. There are no push buttons on the deck, no pump to plug in, and no jetting system to flush. For many people that is exactly the point: a tub with a glass door that they can fill, soak in and drain, with nothing to operate and nothing to maintain beyond the tub itself.

What soaking only does not change is the tub. The shell, the frame, the tempered glass door and the drain are the same as on a jetted LayDown, you keep the inward-swing center door, and you can still add the optional glass screen. The two sizes compare like this:

• LayDown60: 30 inches wide by 60 inches long, with an actual size of 60 inches long, 30 inches wide and 21 inches high. No factory faucet option, so a pre-existing or new customer-supplied faucet, typically wall-mounted, is required.
• LayDown72: 32 inches wide by 72 inches long. Faucet-ready, with optional Ella deck-mount faucet sets.
• Both: centered inward-swing tempered glass door; a choice of air massage, hydro massage, MicroBubble therapy, or soaking only; optional folding glass screen.

Planning the Faucet and the Drain Side

No LayDown tub includes a faucet by default, and the two sizes differ here in a way that matters most on a soaking tub, where the faucet is the only fixture you operate. The LayDown60 is never sold with a factory faucet. It has no faucet option at all and relies on a pre-existing or new customer-supplied faucet, typically wall-mounted, so your plumber plans that faucet and its placement before the tub is set. The LayDown72 is faucet-ready and offers optional Ella deck-mount faucet sets, so on that size the faucet can be part of the order. In both cases, tell your Ella dealer which drain side you need, because the tub is built to that side and a wall-mounted faucet or a glass screen is placed with the drain and door in mind.

Warranty, Activation and Parts on a Soaking Tub

The soaking configuration is covered by the same Lifetime Limited Warranty as every Ella walk-in tub. It covers the bathtub shell, frame, door, door seal and finish for the first purchaser at the original installation address, and it also covers supporting equipment such as fixtures, faucet, waste and overflow. What Is the Lifetime Limited Warranty on an Ella Walk-In Tub? sets out the full terms. On a soaking tub there are simply fewer supporting parts to cover, and the question owners ask about pumps and jets in Is There a Warranty on the Whirlpool Jets and Pumps of a Walk-In Tub? does not arise, because there is no jetting system.

Two points apply to a soaking tub just as they do to a jetted one. First, the warranty must be activated to be in force: the two-page activation form is completed and signed by both the customer and the installer and returned to Ella's Bubbles. Second, the warranty covers parts and not labor. Ella does not send technicians; a local licensed plumber does the installation and any later work, and parts ship under the warranty. Replacement parts stay available for the life of the tub and are matched from the model and serial number on the label behind the magnetic access panel next to the door, as Does Ella's Bubbles Sell Replacement Parts for Walk-In Tubs? explains.

How to Ask for a Soaking LayDown

1. Say that you want a LayDown, and whether it is the LayDown60 at 30 by 60 inches or the LayDown72 at 32 by 72 inches, based on the actual size and your alcove.
2. Say which drain side you need as you face the tub.
3. Say soaking only, with no jets, so the tub ships with no therapy controls.
4. For the LayDown60, confirm your plumber has a wall-mounted or other customer-supplied faucet planned; for the LayDown72, ask about the optional Ella deck-mount faucet sets.
5. Mention the optional glass screen if you plan to shower in the tub, so the screen hand matches the drain side.

Your Ella dealer or the team at (800) 480-6850 will confirm the soaking configuration and the door details for the size you choose.

Related Guides

• The LayDown Walk-In Tubs: 30x60 vs 32x72 Sizes, Faucet Options, and Features
• Does the LayDown Tub Have a Seat? Flat Bottom Design, Seat Figures on Listings, Faucets and Therapy Choices
• Operating and Caring for the LayDown Tempered Glass Door

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