Skip to content

HoursMon–Fri: 8:00 AM–5:30 PM · Sat: 8:00 AM–12:00 PM · Sun: Closed

Call (203) 990-1085
Waterbury Bathroom Remodeling Co. (203) 990-1085
Small older-home bathroom where the tub alcove is now a walk-in shower with white subway tile, a marble bench and a hinged glass door

Wolcott, New Haven County

Bathroom Remodeling in Wolcott, CT

Wolcott is a hill town northeast of Waterbury on Route 69, near Scovill Reservoir. Nearly all of it is single-family houses from the 1950s through the 1990s, and their original hall baths and builder showers make up most Wolcott calls.

Thinking about a bath? Call(203) 990-1085 What baths cost
  • Call back same day
  • Family-owned · Since 2010
  • 9-person crew

Line open now

Let's Talk!

Or call (203) 990-1085. We return calls the same business day.

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

01 Wolcott homes built before 1940 (ACS)5.9%
02 Built before 1980 (ACS)54%
03 Single-family detached (ACS)89%
04 From Waterbury13 min

Wolcott houses

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates) counts about 6,534 housing units in Wolcott. About 89% of Wolcott's homes are single-family detached houses, and about 88% are owner-occupied. Only about 5.9% were built before 1940. The 1980s were the busiest decade, with the 1950s close behind.

So most Wolcott bathrooms are second-generation rooms: a tub with a fiberglass or tile surround, a vanity with a cultured marble top, a light bar and a fan that may vent into the attic. The layouts usually work, which keeps the budget on tile, glass and fixtures instead of moving pipes.

Wolcott homes by decade built

American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates

Pre-1940~387
1940s~509
1950s~1,092
1960s~896
1970s~647
1980s~1,241
1990s~782
2000s+~980

Built 1950–1999 Other years

Common Wolcott projects

  • A tub in a ranch's hall bath swapped for a tiled shower with a bench.
  • A 1980s primary bath with a corner tub rebuilt around a bigger shower.
  • An attic-vented fan replaced and ducted outdoors during the remodel.
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 door A tiled shower with a bench where a Wolcott hall-bath tub used to be

Getting to Wolcott

Central Wolcott is about 13 minutes and under 6 road miles from central Waterbury, up Route 69. Every visit happens at your Wolcott 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 Wolcott from Waterbury?

Central Wolcott is about 13 minutes and under 6 road miles from central Waterbury by way of Route 69.

02What grout color works in a Wolcott shower?

One a shade darker than the tile, or a mid-gray, hides everyday wear. Matching grout makes a small room read as one surface. Contrasting grout shows off hex or herringbone, but it also shows every line that isn't straight.

03Do you remodel bathrooms in newer Wolcott houses?

We do. Roughly 46% of Wolcott's homes date from 1980 or later, according to the Census Bureau. In those houses the framing is usually sound, so more of the budget goes to tile, glass and fixtures.

04How do we choose tile and fixtures for a Wolcott bathroom?

We bring tile, stone and fixture samples to your Wolcott home so you can see them in the room's own light, and we measure there too.

+·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 Wolcott 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).

→·Get started

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.

Call the crew(203) 990-1085
  • 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

Line open now

Let's Talk!

Or call (203) 990-1085. We return calls the same business day.

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

Call (203) 990-1085

Line open now

Let's Talk!

Or call (203) 990-1085. We return calls the same business day.

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