In a Highland Park home the tub is often the newest thing in the bathroom — and it may still be ninety years old. Plan on the plumbing being part of the job.
ZIP codes we cover in Highland Park: 48203
1910s-1920s brick homes from the Model T era. Highland Park's century-old homes almost universally have original cast iron tubs and galvanized supply lines, so a conversion here often includes updating the plumbing behind the wall.
Every neighborhood in Metro Detroit has its own version of this problem, and Highland Park is specific enough that a contractor who mostly works elsewhere will misprice it. We've been in these bathrooms for 18 years.
From $6,995
installed · financing available
Remove the old bathtub entirely and replace it with a low-threshold walk-in shower — new base, new waterproof walls, new fixtures.
Keep your existing tub. We cut a low step-through opening in the wall of it and finish the edges with a molded insert.
A full Ella's Bubbles walk-in bathtub with a sealing door, molded seat, grab bars and optional hydrotherapy jets.
Starting prices, installed. Your fixed quote depends on alcove size, existing tub material and the finishes you choose. Financing available with approved credit.
Practical detail people don't think about until the day: we need to get a tub out and a shower base in. In tighter Highland Park streets and older homes with narrow doorways and turns at the top of the stairs, that's a real consideration.
We cut cast iron down in place rather than carrying it out whole, which solves most of it. But it's worth mentioning your layout when you call — a second-floor bathroom at the end of a tight hallway is a different quote than a main-floor one.
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Call, or email a photo. We give you a real fixed number, not a range.
Removed and hauled away. Cast iron gets cut down in place.
Low-threshold base, grout-free waterproof panels, grab bars into solid blocking.
Fixtures on, everything hauled away, floors left clean. Same day.
Call (586) 791-4800 and describe the bathroom — how old the house is, whether the tub thuds like cast iron when you tap it, and roughly how wide the alcove is. That's normally enough for a real number in about five minutes.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (586) 791-4800, Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Call (586) 791-4800 for a fixed price. Most quotes take about five minutes.
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Call (586) 791-4800 and describe your Highland Park 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.
Call (586) 791-4800 and describe your Highland Park 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.
It depends on whether you still want to soak. A walk-in tub (from $12,995) makes sense if the hydro or air massage genuinely helps with arthritis, circulation or chronic pain. A walk-in shower conversion (from $6,995) is the better practical choice if you haven't taken an actual bath in years and just want to get in and out safely.
Yes — cast iron is common in older Metro Detroit homes and we cut it down in place rather than trying to carry it out whole. It takes longer than fiberglass or steel, and we account for that in the quote.
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.
