A bathtub conversion fits a custom acrylic tub over your existing one, same footprint, same plumbing, brand-new bathing surface, in a single install day. In the Pittsburgh area it starts at $8,100 with a lifetime warranty and no four-day demolition. Build your exact number in the instant quote calculator.
A new bathtub, in by morning
Your bathtub does the heavy lifting in your bathroom, and it shows it. Chips, stains, that yellowed ring that never quite scrubs off. A full tear-out and rebuild is a four-day ordeal, and a refinishing job lasts maybe three years before the coating peels.
Just Bath converts your existing bathtub with a custom-fit acrylic tub that installs over the original. Same footprint, same plumbing connections, brand new bathing surface. The work happens in one day; you wake up to a bathroom that looks like it came out of a magazine.
Replacement vs. refinishing: why a new tub wins
Refinishing sprays a coating over the tub you already have. It looks good for a year or two, then the coating starts to chip at the drain, dull around the faucet, and peel where the water sits. Most refinished tubs need redoing every three to five years, so the cheaper-looking option quietly becomes the recurring one.
A bathtub conversion is the opposite bet. We seat a solid acrylic tub over the old one, so the surface you touch is non-porous sheet acrylic, not a sprayed-on film. The color runs through the material, there is no coating to peel, and it is backed by a lifetime warranty on the materials. You pay once.
How the install actually goes
Our crew arrives in the morning with the new tub already cut to fit your space. We protect floors and hallways with drop cloths, prep the existing tub surface, and seat the new acrylic system. By late afternoon, the crew is wiping down the new tub and walking you through the warranty paperwork.
Most homeowners shower in their new bathroom that night.
What gets included
Every Just Bath bathtub conversion includes:
- Designer-led in-home measurement and color selection
- Custom-fit acrylic bathtub (American-made, non-porous, never peels)
- All trim, hardware, and silicone work
- Lifetime warranty on materials, one-year warranty on installation workmanship
If the walls around the tub also look tired, we fit a matching acrylic surround in the same visit, so the whole wet area is finished at once.
Keep the tub, keep your options
A bathtub conversion is the right call when:
- Your existing tub is in good structural shape but the surface is shot
- You want a one-day project, not a week of dust
- You bathe kids or pets, like the occasional long soak, or simply want a tub in the house for resale (most buyers still expect at least one full bathtub)
If you would rather lose the tub entirely and open up the bathroom, our tub-to-shower conversion is the move. If the tub itself is fine and only the walls have failed, a surround on its own is the cheaper fix.
Price it in five minutes
Our instant quote calculator uses Just Bath's actual installed pricing. Same numbers our designer would quote you in your kitchen. Build your project there and we will email a written estimate within minutes, or see typical ranges in our Pittsburgh bathroom remodel cost guide.