A Utica mailing address covers a lot of ground. The actual house matters more than the ZIP code for what a conversion costs.
ZIP codes we cover in Utica: 48315, 48316, 48317
Older village homes plus surrounding newer subdivisions. The City of Utica is small and older, with compact bathrooms, while the surrounding Shelby and Sterling Heights addresses that use Utica ZIP codes are newer and larger.
Every neighborhood in Metro Detroit has its own version of this problem, and Utica 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.
Utica has a high share of homeowners who bought their house new and never left. We hear the same sentence constantly: nobody wants to move over a bathroom.
They shouldn't have to. A conversion or a walk-in tub costs a fraction of moving, and it addresses the actual problem — which is almost never the house, and almost always the fifteen inches of tub wall between you and getting clean.
We measure
Alcove width, doorway clearance, tub material. Ten minutes, and it's what makes the quote accurate.
Wall panel or tile, bench or no bench, glass or curtain. Fixed price either way.
Floors covered before anything moves. Tub out, base in, walls up, fixtures on.
We run the water with you, show you everything, and answer questions before we leave.
Not sure whether you need a $1,550 cutout or a $6,995 conversion? That's the most common call we get. Describe the bathroom and we'll tell you honestly — including when the cheaper option is the right one.
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.
Also serving near Utica: Shelby Township, Sterling Heights, Macomb Township, Rochester Hills. All Macomb County cities →
Call (586) 791-4800 and describe your Utica 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.
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.
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.
No. Quotes are free, whether by phone, by emailing a photo to bob@detroittubs.com, or in person. You get a fixed price in writing before anything is ordered.
In Utica, tub-to-shower conversions start at $6,995 installed, cutouts start at $1,550, and Ella's Bubbles walk-in tubs start at $12,995 installed. Your exact price depends on the alcove size, tub material and finish you choose, and we give you that number in writing before any work begins.
Call (586) 791-4800 for a fixed price — usually about five minutes on the phone.
