Naches sits at the mouth of the Naches River canyon, northwest of Yakima — a small town center, orchards, and rural properties leading up into the Cascades. Free in-home quotes for 98937.
Naches is about 15 minutes northwest of Yakima along US-12, at the edge of the Naches River canyon. A small town center, a lot of orchard country around it, and rural residential properties climbing up the Naches Heights bench and toward Tampico. The housing mix runs from turn-of-the-century farmhouses to 1970s-1980s ranchers to newer builds on the bench.
Naches is a town of well under a thousand people about 17 miles northwest of Yakima, and it does not run its own building department. Residential permits at 98937 addresses — in the town itself and out along the highway — are issued by Yakima County Building & Fire Safety, which publishes the permits it issues week by week and lets you follow an application online. A bathroom that keeps its existing layout is usually straightforward. Move the toilet or the drain lines and it becomes a plumbing permit, which is worth knowing before the tile gets picked, not after.
Most homes outside the small town core here are on a private well and an on-site septic system rather than city water and sewer. That matters more for a bathroom than for any other room: a septic system was sized for the number of fixtures the house had when it was built, so adding a bathroom — rather than replacing the one you have — is a question for Yakima County before it is a question for a contractor. Replacing a tub with a walk-in shower, re-tiling, or swapping a vanity does not change that count and does not raise it. We check which of the two you are doing at the free in-home visit, because the answer changes the timeline more than any material choice.
See Selah, West Valley, or the full service area. Popular services: full bathroom remodel, walk-in shower installation.
Free in-home visit anywhere in 98937 and surrounding zips.
