Trade the deck for a shower
A curbless shower built in the footprint of the old platform tub is the signature McLean project. National cost guides put tub to shower conversions at $2,000 to $15,000.
Grab bar installation and bath safety in McLeanMcLean houses have room to age in. The bathrooms fight it.
Families who bought in McLean long ago and stayed through careers and retirement often still see the house as home for good, and these houses have the space aging needs.
Where they fall short is the primary bath. Houses built or remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s often have a big soaking tub set into a raised tiled deck.
That bath was built for long soaks on young knees. Rebuilt, it can carry your parent through the years ahead.
How it works in McLean
- We walk the McLean house. We look at raised soaking tubs in upstairs primary baths first, then go through every room.
- The price comes in writing. It is fixed before work starts and says whether the Fairfax County Department of Land Development Services (LDS) needs to issue a permit.
- Then we work down the list, which here usually starts with trade the deck for a shower.
What we fix in McLean homes
The stair to the primary suite
A straight stair takes a lift typically priced at $2,900 to $8,000 installed (Lifeway Mobility 2026 pricing guide), while a curved stair in a tall foyer costs more and gets measured first.
Stair Lifts in McLeanFrom the garage into the house
Most families come and go through an attached garage, with a couple of steps up to a mudroom door. A rail and a landing wide enough for a walker handle it.
Wheelchair ramp installation in McLeanSensors for the quiet wings
Once the children move out, whole wings of a big house go unused. Fall sensors and a call button tell a family far away when something changes, an installed package typically priced from $500 to $5,000 with a monthly fee.
Smart Home Safety in McLeanNeighborhoods we serve around McLean
- Chesterbrook
- Franklin Park
- Kent Gardens
- Salona Village
- Langley
- Tysons
Permits and programs in McLean
In McLean, a bathroom rebuild, a ramp or a new doorway is permitted through the Fairfax County Department of Land Development Services (LDS), and a homeowners association may want its own look at outside work.
For McLean, see Fairfax Area Agency on Aging.
McLean between the Beltway and the river
McLean fills the corner of Fairfax County between I 495 and the Potomac. Dolley Madison Boulevard heads from Tysons toward the river, and Old Dominion Drive runs past McLean Central Park.
The George Washington Memorial Parkway follows the river past Turkey Run Park, and Georgetown Pike winds west toward Great Falls. The McLean Metro station sits at the Tysons edge.
McLean questions
Does your area reach McLean?
Yes. McLean is about 10 miles from the US Capitol, and we cover it from the Tysons edge to the houses above the Parkway.
Mom loves her big bathtub. Do we have to take it out?
Not always. A bar fixed into the framing at the deck and a handheld shower can make it safer for now. If the ledge is already hard to step over, the report says so.
Services for McLean homes
Near McLean
McLean lies west of the US Capitol.
- Falls Church, VA 3.8 mi south
- Bethesda, MD 4.6 mi northeast
- Friendship Heights, MD 5.5 mi east
- Potomac, MD 5.6 mi north
- Upper Northwest, DC 5.7 mi east
- Chevy Chase, MD 6.3 mi east
- Arlington, VA 6.6 mi southeast
- Chevy Chase, DC 6.8 mi east
- Great Falls, VA 8.4 mi northwest
- Petworth, DC 8.7 mi east