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Waterbury Bathroom Remodeling Co. (203) 990-1085
Accessible bathroom with a curbless glass shower, a teak fold-down seat, brass grab bars and a wall-hung vanity with knee space

Watertown, Litchfield County

Bathroom Remodeling in Watertown, CT

Watertown is Waterbury's neighbor to the northwest and includes Oakville, along Routes 63 and 73. Most of its homes went up between the 1940s and 1980s, so Watertown calls are mostly about second-generation bathrooms.

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01 Watertown homes built before 1940 (ACS)16.0%
02 Built before 1980 (ACS)68%
03 Single-family detached (ACS)78%
04 From Waterbury18 min

Watertown houses

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates) counts about 9,417 housing units in Watertown. About 78% of Watertown's homes are single-family detached houses, and about 84% are owner-occupied. Most were built from the 1940s through the 1980s. The 1970s were the biggest single decade, and about 16% of homes predate 1940.

Many postwar houses in Oakville and around the town center have one full bath, sometimes with a half bath added later. Watertown owners often ask us to make that one bathroom easier to live with for the long term: a walk-in shower, grab-bar blocking and a comfort-height toilet.

Watertown homes by decade built

American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates

Pre-1940~1,507
1940s~807
1950s~1,201
1960s~1,260
1970s~1,643
1980s~1,035
1990s~913
2000s+~1,051

Built 1940–1989 Other years

Common Watertown projects

  • A cape's only full bath rebuilt with a low-curb shower and room for a seat.
  • A 1970s colored-tile bath taken back to the studs.
  • A half bath turned into a three-quarter bath with a small shower.
Curbless accessible shower with a linear drain, a fold-down teak seat, satin brass grab bars and a handheld shower on a slide bar A curbless shower with a seat and brass grab bars for a Watertown cape

Getting to Watertown

Central Watertown is about 19 minutes and 9 road miles from central Waterbury, mostly by Route 73; Route 63 runs north through town. All visits happen at your Watertown or Oakville home.

FAQ·Good questions

Asked on most first calls

Brief answers. If your house has a twist we haven't covered, call and tell us about it.

01How far is Watertown from Waterbury?

Central Watertown is about 19 minutes and 9 road miles from central Waterbury.

02How should we light a Watertown bathroom?

Put lights on both sides of the mirror at about face height, then add a ceiling light for the room. A dimmer on the main light makes night trips easier on the eyes, and a light over the shower helps if the room has no window.

03Do you work on newer Watertown homes too?

Yes. About 32% of Watertown homes were built in 1980 or later, per the Census Bureau, and those bathrooms are often the easiest to open up. Most of those jobs are about the look: tile in place of a fiberglass surround, a bigger vanity and better light.

04Where do we see tile and fixture samples?

At your Watertown home. We bring tile, stone and fixture samples so you can judge them in the room's own light, and we measure on the same visit.

+·Also on our list

Other rooms we take on

A lot of people start with the upstairs bath and add the half bath downstairs. One visit can cover both rooms.

  1. White clawfoot tub with brass feet on a white penny-round floor with a black border, navy beadboard wainscot behind it01

    Old-House Bath Restoration

    Bathrooms in prewar Victorians, Colonials and two-families, rebuilt with period tile and clawfoot tubs over new plumbing.

    Read more
  2. Walk-in shower built where an alcove tub used to be, with white beveled subway tile, a marble bench, a niche and a hinged glass door02

    Tub-to-Shower Swaps

    The worn alcove tub comes out and a tiled shower with a low curb or no curb, a bench and a glass door goes in its place.

    Read more
  3. Compact second-floor bathroom in a triple-decker with a white subway tile tub surround, a narrow vanity and a black-and-white checkerboard floor03

    Small-Bath Layouts

    Five-by-seven baths in triple-deckers, capes and ranches, replanned so the door, the toilet and the vanity stop fighting.

    Read more
  4. Walk-in shower in honed Carrara marble with a frameless glass door, brass rain head and valve, and a marble hex shower floor04

    Tile Showers & Floors

    Marble, hex, penny round and subway tile, set over a waterproofed, sloped shower pan or a flat, stiff floor.

    Read more
  5. Curbless accessible shower with a linear drain, a fold-down teak seat, satin brass grab bars and a handheld shower on a slide bar05

    Aging-in-Place Baths

    Curbless entries, grab bars on real blocking, a seat and a handheld shower, all chosen to look like a good hotel bath.

    Read more

↗·On the map

Where Watertown fits on our map

Waterbury first, then the towns along Route 8, I-84 and the roads out to the hill towns. Each town page talks about its own houses.

5 MI10 MI15 MI I-84Route 8 NAUGATUCK RIVER WATERBURY NAUGATUCK ~10 MIN SOUTH MIDDLEBURY ~12 MIN SOUTHWEST WOLCOTT ~13 MIN NORTHEAST PROSPECT ~13 MIN SOUTHEAST THOMASTON ~16 MIN NORTHWEST PLYMOUTH ~18 MIN NORTH WATERTOWN ~19 MIN NORTHWEST CHESHIRE ~19 MIN SOUTHEAST N
41.56° N / 73.04° WSchematic, not to scale
  1. 00WaterburyWaterbury is Connecticut's fifth-largest city, a former brass-mill town on the Naugatuck River where Route 8 meets I-84.
  2. 01NaugatuckBorough just south of Waterbury on Route 8 and the Naugatuck River. About one house in five was built before 1940 (ACS).
  3. 02MiddleburyTown west of Waterbury around Lake Quassapaug. About 82% of homes are single-family houses, with big building waves in the 1950s and 2000s (ACS).
  4. 03WolcottHill town to the northeast on Route 69. Almost nine in ten homes are single-family houses, most built from the 1950s to the 1990s (ACS).
  5. 04ProspectSmall hilltop town to the southeast where Routes 68 and 69 cross, where the 1960s were the biggest building decade (ACS).
  6. 05ThomastonOld clockmaking town up Route 8 along the Naugatuck River. More than a quarter of its homes were built before 1940 (ACS).
  7. 06PlymouthTown northeast on Route 6 that includes the village of Terryville, where about a third of homes were built before 1950 (ACS).
  8. 07WatertownNeighbor to the northwest that includes Oakville, along Routes 63 and 73, where most homes went up between the 1940s and 1980s (ACS).
  9. 08CheshireTown east on I-84 and Route 10 with mostly 1950s to 1990s single-family homes (ACS).

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Tell us about your bathroom

Call or use the form. Tell us which floor the bathroom is on, roughly how big it is, whether you want a tub, a shower or both, and about when the house was built. We book a visit to measure and look at the plumbing, bring tile and fixture samples, and send a written, itemized price.

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  • Open Mon–Fri: 8:00 AM–5:30 PM, Sat: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM
  • Serving Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley towns around it

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Waterbury · Naugatuck · Middlebury · Wolcott · Prospect · Thomaston · Plymouth · Watertown · Cheshire

Call (203) 990-1085

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Waterbury · Naugatuck · Middlebury · Wolcott · Prospect · Thomaston · Plymouth · Watertown · Cheshire