Porcelain Patch & Glaze Co

"It looks like a brand new tub was installed" is the kind of line customers have written about Porcelain Patch & Glaze Co, a Meriden tub and tile refinisher whose customers name Rich as the one doing the work. It carries 4.9 stars across 132 ratings on both HomeAdvisor and Angi, and 3.9 across 7 on Google. The newest account is from May 2026: Rich and Dallas repaired spots that had peeled from another contractor's glazing done 13 to 15 years earlier, matched the color closely and cleaned up thoroughly. In a November 2024 review, a homeowner had tile and a tub refinished and loved the new tile color. The older written history runs from 2016 to 2018, when customers described a 1936 bathtub resurfaced at a reasonable price, two bathrooms done in one day, a dull beige fiberglass tub unit turned a sleek white for a first-time homebuyer, a tub rescued from a DIY mess before Thanksgiving with the price given in advance, and a ventilation setup that pushed overspray out a window, though one 2018 customer noted a paint smell for a day or so. The complaints are about durability. In a March 2023 review, a customer said a steel 1980s tub refinished in January 2019 began bubbling within a couple of years and had kept cracking and peeling through 2023, calling the $700 job a waste of money. A February 2018 customer was happy with a reglazed tub but saw small peeling at the edges where the tub meets the tile after seven months, and fixed it with silicone. Its BBB grade is an A+. The Connecticut home improvement contractor registration HIC.0700003 is active, held by A Better Porcelain Patch & Glaze Co, the name customers also use for the business.