Typical Price Ranges in Delaware County
These ranges cover the complete installed project in the wet area, including removal of the old unit, inspection of the exposed plumbing and subfloor, the new system, fixtures, sealing, and cleanup. They are typical ranges for typical Delaware County bathrooms, not starting-at teaser prices.
- Tub-to-shower conversion: $9,000–$15,000. The old tub and surround out, a walk-in shower built into the same footprint. Bench seats, grab bars, and glass enclosures move the price within the range.
- Shower remodel: $9,000–$15,000. Full replacement of an existing shower: new base, non-porous wall system, valve, and fixtures. Larger showers, tiled-look finishes, and glass push toward the top.
- Bathtub replacement: $9,000–$15,000. A failed tub and surround replaced with a new soaking tub and wall system in the same alcove. Deeper soaking tubs cost more than standard units.
- Walk-in tub: $12,000–$22,000. The unit itself is the biggest single cost in any project we install. Fast drains, hydrotherapy features, and any water-heater work the home needs move the price within the range.
- One-day bath remodel: $9,000–$15,000. Most wet-area projects above are installed in one day; the timeline does not change the price band, the scope does.
- Full bathroom remodel: $20,000 and up. Wet area plus flooring, vanity and top, toilet, lighting, paint, and any layout changes. The range is wide because the choices are: a modest full remodel in a small hall bath and a primary-suite transformation are different species of project.
Every figure above is a range because every bathroom is a different size with different material in it. The consultation exists to turn your range into one number, in writing.
What Drives the Price Up or Down
Within any range, the same handful of factors decide where your project lands. Knowing them helps you read any quote, ours or a competitor's, with clear eyes.
Size of the wet area. A standard five-foot tub alcove is the baseline. A six-foot shower, a two-person primary-suite shower, or an oversized 1990s jetted tub footprint costs more in material and labor in direct proportion.
The wall system and finish you choose. All of our systems are non-porous acrylic, but finishes range from clean solid colors to stone-look and tile-pattern panels that take more material and more fitting time. This is a legitimate place to spend or save, because the waterproof performance is the same across the range.
Fixtures and glass. A quality pressure-balanced valve and standard trim sit at one end; thermostatic controls, rain heads, handhelds, and body sprays at the other. Frameless glass enclosures are the single largest optional addition on most quotes, and a curtain or a simple glass panel is the honest way to skip that cost.
Access features. Grab bars are inexpensive and blocked into every wall we open. A built-in bench, a fold-down seat, or a low-threshold entry adds modestly. On a walk-in tub, a fast drain is worth every dollar, and hydrotherapy jets are the feature to question hardest.
What we find behind the old unit. Rot at the subfloor edge, a corroded drain, or a valve that has been weeping into the wall for years all have to be dealt with while the wall is open, and they are priced and agreed with you before the extra work happens. In the 1980s–2000s housing stock across Delaware County this is common enough that you should be wary of any quote that promises the hidden side of your wall is free.
The things around the project. A walk-in tub may call for a larger water heater. A full remodel prices in flooring, a vanity, electrical, and paint. Costs outside the wet area are where full remodels separate from wet-area projects, and they should be itemized on any quote you sign.
One-Day Installs vs Full Gut Remodels
The most useful comparison in bathroom pricing is not between companies, it is between scopes, because the two common project types solve different problems at different prices.
A one-day install replaces the wet area: the tub or shower and its surrounding walls. It solves leaking, failing, dated, and hard-to-enter bathing, which is the actual problem in most bathrooms we are called to. It leaves your floor, vanity, toilet, and layout alone, and that restraint is exactly why it costs $9,000–$15,000 instead of $20,000 and up, and why it takes a day instead of three weeks of a torn-up house.
A full gut remodel replaces everything and can move anything. It is the right project when the layout itself is wrong, when the whole room is dated at once, or when you are combining rooms. It is the wrong project when only the tub has failed, because you end up paying to replace a vanity and floor you liked to solve a problem they were not part of.
Read competitors' prices through this lens. A strikingly low quote is usually a narrower scope in disguise: a liner placed over your old tub rather than a replacement, or walls quoted without the valve and base. Ask what comes out, what goes in, and what is excluded, and make the quote list it. Ours does.
How to Get an Exact Number
Ranges are for planning. The number you can budget against comes from the free in-home design consultation, and it works like this. We visit your home, in Delaware or anywhere in our service area from Marysville to Marion, measure the space precisely, inspect the visible plumbing, and lay out real samples of the wall systems and fixtures in your own light. We talk through what you need, including the options that would lower the price, and then we write one number: a flat quote for the complete project.
That number does not move. It does not change when the old unit comes out, it does not acquire fees, and if we find hidden damage that genuinely needs repair, that separate cost is quoted and agreed before the work happens, never added afterward. The consultation costs nothing and obligates you to nothing. Call (740) 555-0100 to book it, and bring every question this page raised. We would rather answer them at your table than have you guess from a website.
