If you're in a Detroit bungalow with the original cast iron tub, you already know the problem: a 15-inch step over a wall you have to lift your leg above, in a bathroom that was never designed to change.
ZIP codes we cover in Detroit: 48201, 48202, 48204, 48205, 48206, 48207, 48208, 48209, 48210, 48211, 48212, 48213, 48214, 48215, 48219, 48221, 48223, 48224, 48227, 48228, 48234, 48235, 48238
Detroit's housing stock is among the oldest in the region, and the original 5-foot cast iron tubs are still in place in a huge share of neighborhood bungalows in Bagley, East English Village, Rosedale Park and Boston-Edison. Those tubs are heavy, deep, and increasingly hard to step into.
Housing here is largely pre-war brick bungalows and two-family flats, most built 1915-1940, and that shapes everything about a conversion: how the tub comes out, what's behind the wall, and how long we're in your house. We've done enough Detroit bathrooms to know what we're walking into, which is why we quote a fixed price instead of an hourly rate that grows once the wall is open.
Bathtub cutout / step-through insert: $1,550, a few hours
Tub to shower conversion: $6,995, one day
Ella's Bubbles walk-in bathtub: $12,995, one to two days
Starting prices, installed. Your fixed quote depends on alcove size, existing tub material and the finishes you choose. Financing available with approved credit.
If you're comparing quotes, ask the other companies two things: is the price fixed, and how many days will you be without a bathroom? Those two answers separate a conversion specialist from a general remodeler who also does bathrooms.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (586) 791-4800, Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Also serving near Detroit: Dearborn, Harper Woods, Redford, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe Park. All Wayne County cities →
Small bathrooms are common in older Metro Detroit housing stock, and we carry custom-size shower bases for alcoves that aren't a standard 60 inches. Send a photo and the alcove width and we'll tell you what fits.
Call (586) 791-4800 and describe your Detroit bathroom — most questions like this are easiest to answer with a quick phone call, and we'll give you a straight answer along with a fixed price.
No. Every wall finish we install — printed acrylic, CNC-engraved acrylic, solid acrylic or tongue-and-groove vinyl tile — is grout-free, so there's nothing to scrub and nowhere for mildew to grow.
Yes. We install fully barrier-free, zero-threshold shower bases and L-shape wheelchair-transfer walk-in tubs, and can fit grab bars into solid blocking behind the wall on any job.
A cutout (from $1,550) leaves your existing tub in place and cuts a low step-through opening into its wall — done in a few hours. A full conversion (from $6,995) removes the tub entirely and replaces it with a walk-in shower, base and waterproof walls — done in about a day. Cutouts are the lower-cost fix; conversions are the more complete, longer-term one.
Someone needs to be home to let us in and to walk through the finished work with us, but you don't need to be present for the entire job.
Call (586) 791-4800 for a fixed price — usually about five minutes on the phone.
