Berkeley Tub Reglazing StudioEst. 2014 · Berkeley, CABerkeley Tub Reglazing Studio covers the whole city of Berkeley, CA, across ZIP codes 94702, 94703, 94704, 94705, 94707, 94708, 94709 and 94710. We do not tack on a trip charge for hill addresses or treat the flats any differently — a reglaze is the same price wherever the fixture sits. What does change from neighborhood to neighborhood is the fixture itself, and matching prep to the substrate is half the job. Below is the city as we actually see it, bathroom by bathroom.
Areas served · Berkeley, CA
Areas Served in Berkeley, CA
We refinish bathtubs, showers, sinks, countertops and tile across every Berkeley neighborhood, from the clawfoot tubs of the hills to the fiberglass units near campus.
Hours: Mon–Fri 8 AM–5:30 PM, Sat 9 AM–4 PM
Est. 2014 · a Berkeley refinishing studio
Berkeley neighborhoods we serve
Elmwood (94705)
Elmwood is Craftsman-bungalow country, and its bathrooms still hold the original cast-iron and clawfoot tubs the houses were built around. Owners here almost never want a tear-out; they want the worn gray bottom and the rust at the drain brought back to a porcelain-smooth white. Most of our Elmwood work is heritage tub and pedestal-sink restoration.
North Berkeley & the Gourmet Ghetto (94707, 94709)
North Berkeley's brown-shingle homes and the period flats around the Gourmet Ghetto on Shattuck are full of early-century fixtures worth preserving. We refinish built-in cast-iron tubs, dated tile surrounds and cultured-marble vanities here, keeping the proportions that suit an older bathroom rather than swapping in a modern shell that never quite fits.
The Berkeley Hills (94708, 94705)
Up in the hills, the housing skews older and larger, with original clawfoot tubs and tile that owners are protective of. The steep streets do not change our price; the fixtures do, and many are prime candidates for a full inside-and-out clawfoot restoration that preserves a tub that simply cannot be bought new at the same quality.
Claremont (94705)
Claremont homes lean toward larger period bathrooms with cultured-marble vanities and tile that yellow and etch over time. Refinishing a cultured-marble top to an even satin white, or recoloring a dated tile wall in place, is common work here — no demolition, no re-plumbing.
Southside & Le Conte (94703, 94704)
Close to the UC campus, Southside and Le Conte are dense with student rentals and the bungalows around them. Landlords and managers here need a tub or shower turned around fast between leases, and we schedule around move-out and move-in dates so a unit is ready for the next tenant. The finish holds up under heavy student use.
Westbrae & Thousand Oaks (94702, 94707)
Westbrae and Thousand Oaks mix older single-family homes with mid-century stock. We see plenty of 1950s pink and tan tile, dated fiberglass tub-and-shower units, and cast-iron tubs that need nothing more than a careful respray. Recoloring tile to a clean warm-white is a frequent request.
West Berkeley (94710)
West Berkeley runs from converted warehouses and live-work spaces to 1980s apartment stock. The apartments tend toward fiberglass tub-and-shower units with crazed, yellowed gelcoat — exactly the surface a scuff-sand and respray rescues without the cost and disruption of replacing a molded one-piece unit.
Berkeley ZIP codes covered
| ZIP | Neighborhoods |
|---|---|
| 94702 | Westbrae, parts of West & North Berkeley |
| 94703 | Le Conte, central Berkeley |
| 94704 | Southside, near the UC campus |
| 94705 | Elmwood, Claremont, lower Berkeley Hills |
| 94707 | Thousand Oaks, upper North Berkeley |
| 94708 | Berkeley Hills |
| 94709 | North Berkeley, Gourmet Ghetto |
| 94710 | West Berkeley |
No trip fee within Berkeley. Call (510) 746-8748 for a free same-day quote, or see the full price list.
What we refinish across the city
Wherever the address sits, the work falls into the same handful of jobs. We refinish bathtubs first and foremost — cast-iron, porcelain-over-steel, fiberglass and acrylic — but the same crew and the same prep also bring back fiberglass shower stalls and pans, chipped and rusted sinks, laminate and cultured-marble countertops, and dated wall and shower tile. A single visit can cover more than one fixture, which is why a tub-and-tile combination in an Elmwood or Claremont bathroom often gets handled together rather than across two trips.
Berkeley's housing age is the through-line. The flats and bungalows of Le Conte, Southside and central Berkeley were built when cast iron was standard, so a reglaze preserves a heavier, better-made tub than anything sold new at the same price. The mid-century and 1980s pockets of Westbrae and West Berkeley lean toward fiberglass and gelcoat, which respond to a scuff-sand and respray rather than an acid etch. The hill homes and North Berkeley brown-shingles hold the clawfoots and the tile worth protecting. We do not run every fixture through one routine — we read the substrate and prep accordingly, which is the part that decides whether the finish lasts a decade.
Booking is the same everywhere too. Call (510) 746-8748 or book online, send a photo if you can, and we will give a firm Berkeley quote. Most jobs run 3–5 hours on-site, finish the same day, and cure in 24–48 hours.
Berkeley customers, by neighborhood
Our 1916 clawfoot in the Berkeley Hills came back looking like porcelain again. No tear-out, no new tub.
— Marianne D., Berkeley Hills
Two tubs near Southside turned around between leases, one day each. The finish is holding under student tenants.
— Andre P., Southside
Reglazing anywhere in Berkeley
Mon–Fri 8 AM–5:30 PM, Sat 9 AM–4 PM. Fully licensed & insured, with a 5-year written warranty.